Napster Is Now Making AI-Powered ‘Digital Twins’ of Teachers
Napster has gone from letting people copy music files from each other in 1999 to creating digital copies of teachers in 2026. The company announced this week a new partnership with GEMS Education, a large private K-12 education provider based in Dubai, to develop and test AI agents in schools. The first phase of the partnership will take place at the GEMS School of Research & Innovation, where teachers and students will help test the technology.
- ▪Napster has gone from letting people copy music files from each other in 1999 to creating digital copies of teachers in 2026.
- ▪The company announced this week a new partnership with GEMS Education, a large private K-12 education provider based in Dubai, to develop and test AI agents in schools.
- ▪The first phase of the partnership will take place at the GEMS School of Research & Innovation, where teachers and students will help test the technology.
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Napster has gone from letting people copy music files from each other in 1999 to creating digital copies of teachers in 2026. The company announced this week a new partnership with GEMS Education, a large private K-12 education provider based in Dubai, to develop and test AI agents in schools. The first phase of the partnership will take place at the GEMS School of Research & Innovation, where teachers and students will help test the technology. “Working in close collaboration, the two organizations will begin by developing proof-of-concept projects and showcases, including digitalization of instructors, gamified learning, AI-assisted content creation, and classroom simulations,” the companies said in a press release.
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