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Researchers shuttered a plan to train AI by filming preschoolers after facing backlash from parents, according to an investigative report.<\/p>\n

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University of Washington researchers planned to ask preschool teachers to record student behavior with wearable or fixed cameras, 404 Media reported Monday.\u00a0Parents successfully had the study cancelled over concerns for their children\u2019s privacy. (RELATED: You Can\u2019t Stop AI In Schools: Here\u2019s What Parents Can Do Instead<\/strong>)<\/p>\n

\u201cI am troubled by the idea of using my child\u2019s likeness in unknown AI tools and how this could be abused,\u201d one parent reportedly told 404 Media.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was particularly concerned about families\u2019 ability to give informed consent. As a native English speaker, the vague language in the handout left me with a slew of questions. Many families in our school are migrants and non-native English speakers, but forms were not provided in any of their native languages,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Interior view of a CM1 primary school classroom with desks, chairs, backpacks and educational posters around a central chalkboard in Chaponnay in Auvergne Rhone Alpes in France on November 28 2025. The room includes maps, mathematics charts and various learning materials arranged on the walls. (Photo by Antoine Boureau \/ Hans Lucas \/ AFP via Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dr. Gail Joseph and the university\u2019s Cultivate Learning team aimed to develop AI tools \u201cthat can help assess classroom interaction quality,\u201d according to a document sent to parents and shared with 404 Media. These recordings would cover their normal daily routine and \u201coccur during morning program hours up to 150 minutes, up to 4 visits in one month.\u201d It also stated that students\u2019 faces would have been blurred and their names edited out of the audio.<\/p>\n

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While the document stated participation was \u201ccompletely voluntary,\u201d parents would have been required to manually withdraw from the study if they didn\u2019t want their children recorded.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe UW College of Education is a leader in early childhood education in part because of the relationships and trust we\u2019ve built with our community partners, including schools and parents,\u201d university spokesperson David Rey told DCNF in an email Tuesday.<\/p>\n

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\u201cPrior to terminating the study, we were working to identify research sites using informed consent and in compliance with all University of Washington Institutional Review Board guidelines. Classroom participation was contingent upon receiving parental permission for all children. If any parent did not provide permission, the classroom would have been excluded from the study,\u201d Rey said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGiven the early responses from parents, we have terminated the study and are no longer seeking participation at any site. (It is not unusual to terminate a study in the early stages as we receive feedback from community partners.) All programs are in the process of being notified that this particular study is now terminated,\u201d university spokesperson Jackson Holtz told 404 media in an email.<\/p>\n

The University of Washington reportedly removed the section of the website detailing the study after 404 Media asked the school for comment.<\/p>\n

This cancelled study comes as Anthropic, Microsoft, and OpenAI have doled out millions of dollars to teachers unions for AI training, the Associated Press reported last October.<\/p>\n

Privacy concerns aren\u2019t the only challenge this industry-backed venture faces. A-grades have apparently inflated 30% since ChatGPT\u2018s release, Futurism reported Monday. Additionally, an elementary school student in California reportedly generated an \u201cexplicitly sexual\u201d image by accident after she was instructed to use an AI-tool for a project last December, the DCNF previously reported.<\/p>\n

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