A further 100 greenhouses could be established across Australia within a year after a local group teamed up with an international tech giant. Sydney-based Food Ladder announced its expansion on Tuesday after partnering with IBM to use its artificial intelligence platform, watsonx.
Together, they revealed plans to install greenhouses in more than 1,000 schools by 2030, including educational facilities in regional and rural Australia. The announcement comes amid the growing use of AI technology in education, with a parliamentary inquiry recommending that generative AI be made a national priority in the sector, with safeguards in place.
The technology will be used to create teacher training for greenhouse installations, according to Food Ladder CEO Kelly McJannett, and to craft lesson plans around the greenhouses in subjects such as math and biology.
The nonprofit organization currently operates 43 greenhouses across every Australian state and territory, but Ms. McJannett noted that demand from other schools exceeds the organization's resources.
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