Of the top 20 education apps in the U.S. App Store, five help students with their homework AI tool softwarewhichThe two most popular software Gauth and Question AI All developed by Chinese companies.
Gauth is being launched by ByteDance in 2019 and Question AI is being developed by Homework Help. Since its launch in 2023, Question AI has been downloaded six million times in the App Store and Google Play in the US. Many Chinese brick-and-mortar tutoring organizations and online learning apps have shifted their focus overseas since 2021 with great success.
TechCrunch reports that Evan, a high school sophomore from Houston, was stumped by a math problem when he opened an educational AI app on his iPhone and took a picture of the question, and within seconds the app generated an answer with a step-by-step process for solving the problem.
A year ago, Evan would solve his homework problems by watching YouTube videos. He also had a private tutor who charged $60 an hour (currently about $435). Evan saysThe hourly rate for a mentor is close to the cost of a yearly subscription to an educational AI app, so he stopped offline counseling.
Houston's $60-per-hour tutoring cost is already much cheaper than services in more affluent areas, such as the Bay Area, which can be up to three times as expensive, according to Zhou Li, founder of Answer AI, another education AI app. Artificial intelligence could enable more personalized instruction thatIt remembers the study habits of all students and never gets bored with answering questions!.