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The WISE Summit was launched in 2009 by the Qatar Foundation under the initiative of its chairperson, Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, with the aim of promoting global innovation and collaboration in education. Photo: Zheng Haipeng/Caixin
(Doha, Qatar) — A global education summit concluded on Nov. 25 with a marked shift in tone from the technology-fueled enthusiasm of recent years, instead emphasizing human values and awarding its top prize to a non-profit using artificial intelligence to help teens learn creative skills.
The 12th World Innovation Summit for Education, or WISE, adopted the theme “Humanity.io: Human Values at the Heart of Education,” a deliberate effort to bridge technology and human-centric principles. The “.io,” a common abbreviation for input/output in computer science, symbolized the summit’s call for educational innovation to remain focused on people.
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