Teachers at Euan Blair firm report ‘horrendous stress’ after AI used to rate their work

The Guardian Tech Monday 28 September 2026, 11:57 UTC By Robert Booth UK technology editor 1 min read

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Exclusive: Instructors at tech training company Multiverse hit out at ‘remorseless’ and ‘unnerving’ AI teacher monitoring systemTeachers at Euan Blair’s £1.6bn tech training company, Multiverse, have blown the whistle about “horrendous stress” and feeling constantly watched after bosses started using AI models to surveil and rate their teaching. Staff delivering apprenticeship training in computer and AI skills to thousands of UK public and private sector workers now have transcripts of...

Exclusive: Instructors at tech training company Multiverse hit out at ‘remorseless’ and ‘unnerving’ AI teacher monitoring system

Teachers at Euan Blair’s £1.6bn tech training company, Multiverse, have blown the whistle about “horrendous stress” and feeling constantly watched after bosses started using AI models to surveil and rate their teaching.

Staff delivering apprenticeship training in computer and AI skills to thousands of UK public and private sector workers now have transcripts of online classroom sessions analysed and scored by an AI programmed to alert human managers when they are suspected of doing things wrong.

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