{
  "id": 14603,
  "url": "https://theconversation.com/a-lifelike-robot-called-sally-was-going-to-teach-in-a-us-school-its-not-as-weird-as-it-sounds-288493",
  "title": "A lifelike robot called ‘Sally’ was going to teach in a US school. It’s not as weird as it sounds",
  "summary": "A rural district in New York state has made global headlines for plans to introduce a humanoid robot into high school classrooms as a teaching assistant.",
  "authors": "Louise Starkey, Professor of Education, University of Tasmania, David Moltow, Lecturer in Education Philosophy and Ethics, University of Tasmania",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "children-education,agents-autonomy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "us",
  "published_at": "2026-07-29T04:34:15.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-30T05:10:24.387Z",
  "source_slug": "conversation-ai",
  "source_name": "The Conversation",
  "source_homepage": "https://theconversation.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/14603",
  "original_url": "https://theconversation.com/a-lifelike-robot-called-sally-was-going-to-teach-in-a-us-school-its-not-as-weird-as-it-sounds-288493",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}