Curiosity Over Fear: Dev Aditya on Teddy AI, Children and Trust in the Machine

Dev Aditya is the co-founder of OIAI and the creator of the world's first publicly available AI teacher. His work spans an AI model for children with hearing impairments, Teddy AI for young learners, and learning tools that have reached tens of thousands of people across four continents.

In this episode of AI for Equity, Jenny Garrett OBE and Leah Garrett sit down with Dev to talk about:

What equity actually means in AI education. How children interact with and decide to trust AI. Balancing global scale with cultural and contextual sensitivity. Why curiosity, not fear, should shape the next generation's relationship with AI. What he's learned building consumer-facing AI products at speed.

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