South Korea's ambitiously launched AI Digital Textbook (AIDT) is quietly being renamed after just one year. With 6 out of 10 students never having logged in, we examine what drove the policy shift and what comes next.
South Korea's AI digital textbook was a bold experiment the world was watching. Yet within less than a year of its 2025 launch, it lost its legal status and is on the path to being scrapped. What went wrong?
We examine the current state and challenges of South Korea's AI Digital Textbook (AIDT) policy in 2026. At a moment when direction matters more than speed, what choices should Korean education make?