This is the second in a series of stories diving into a new wave of AI-powered homework helpers. Read part one here.

AI companies are becoming major players in the world of education, including investing heavily in their own generative AI helpers designed to bolster student learning. So I set out to test them.

To do so, I pulled a series of standardized test questions from the New York Regents Exam and New York State Common Core Standards, AP college preparatory exams from 2024, and social science curricula from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC)'s free Learning for Justice program. I wanted to test these STEM-focused bots on some subjects that are a bit closer to my field of expertise, while also simulating the way an "average" student would use them.

I also spoke to exper

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