The English schools looking to dispel ‘doom and gloom’ around AI

Year 6 pupils at Willowdown primary school in Bridgwater, Somerset, have improved their descriptive writing skills by using an AI client to generate images. Photograph: Sam Frost/The Guardian

Charles Darwin chatting with students about evolution, primary school pupils seeing their writing transformed into images, Luton reimagined as a cool automobile – artificial intelligence is invading schools across England in surprising ways.

While Bridget Phillipson, the education secretary, in January called for a “digital revolution” involving AI in schools, it has already begun in places such as Willowdown primary school in Bridgwater, Somerset.