A school in Salamanca, New York has deployed a humanoid robot named 'Sally' as an AI teaching assistant, purchased for $60,000 from Realbotix, a company that acquired Simulacra, a Las Vegas-based firm known for making realistic sex dolls. The article criticizes this use of funds and the broader trend of technology in education, noting that EdTech is estimated to be worth £106 billion globally by 2034. It cites upcoming developments, including an 'AI-enabled' primary school in London next year and a promise by Keir Starmer to roll out AI tutors to 450,000 students on free school meals, which coincided with a government announcement to ban AI chatbots for children. The piece also mentions that the Reception Baseline Assessment for four- and five-year-olds is now done on a touchscreen device. It references the 2013 Los Angeles School District purchase of iPads for $1.3 billion, which were returned two years later as a costly distraction, and notes that the UK spends £900 million a year on educational technology, the most in Europe, despite little evidence it improves teaching or learning.