Greece's prime minister says the country has piloted AI to cut repetitive teacher work. In a September 22 conversation with TechCrunch editor Connie Loizos, Kyriakos Mitsotakis also considered customized tutors and asked about chatbots completing homework and young people growing up with AI companions. That puts AI's place in learning and in children's lives at the center of the debate.
The big change
- What changed: Greece’s prime minister has connected an existing teacher pilot with open questions about pupil use.
- Why it matters: Teachers’ workload and pupils’ learning are different outcomes. The published records provide no measurements of either.
- What to watch: Watch for pilot results and the intended users of any next phase.
The pilot began with teachers
A September 2025 OpenAI announcement planned a pilot for that academic year with teachers from upper-secondary schools selected for regional and socioeconomic diversity. The first phase covered AI literacy, teacher productivity and responsible use.
Onassis Foundation and The Tipping Point would deliver it locally, with OpenAI support and joint government–foundation oversight.
The three primary records reviewed here provide no measured result for time saved, teaching quality or student learning.
The pupil questions are still open
Mitsotakis said a customized tutor could serve individual needs if it preserved the effort required to learn basic skills. He separately raised concerns about chatbots completing homework and asked what it means for children to grow up with AI companions.
An April 16 government readout announced an intention to restrict social-media access for children under 15 from January 1, 2027 and supported European age verification. It does not establish enactment or enforcement, or say how classroom tools or AI companions would be treated.
Expansion was conditional on success. Published goals and results would make that condition assessable.
