
Priya Lakhani
Founder of CENTURY Tech | OBE | World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer

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Priya Lakhani OBE founded CENTURY Tech in 2013, an AI-powered education platform now operating in over 60 countries. She was named a World Economic Forum Tech Pioneer in 2021 and awarded an OBE in 2014.
Priya wrote "Inadequate" on fixing the education system. She appears as an AI expert on BBC's The Context.
Her keynotes cover AI in education, edtech entrepreneurship, and technology's role in learning.
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This Is How Kids Should Be Learning with AI
As AI races into classrooms, we risk confusing quick and easy answers with true learning, says AI education entrepreneur Priya Lakhani. She explains why being challenged is essential for making knowledge stick — and how AI can be designed to strengthen (not weaken) learning, teaching and thinking.(Recorded at TEDNext 2025 on November 10, 2025 Join us in person at a TED conference: https://tedtalks.social/events Become a TED Member to support our mission: https://ted.com/membership Subscribe to a TED newsletter: https://ted.com/newsletters Follow TED! X: https://www.twitter.com/TEDTalks Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ted Facebook: https://facebook.com/TED LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ted-conferences TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tedtoks The TED Talks channel features talks, performances and original series from the world's leading thinkers and doers. Subscribe to our channel for videos on Technology, Entertainment and Design — plus science, business, global issues, the arts and more. Visit https://TED.com to get our entire library of TED Talks, transcripts, translations, personalized talk recommendations and more. Watch more: https://go.ted.com/priyalakhani https://youtu.be/YBH8rQv4aTQ TED's videos may be used for non-commercial purposes under a Creative Commons License, Attribution–Non Commercial–No Derivatives (or the CC BY – NC – ND 4.0 International) and in accordance with our TED Talks Usage Policy: https://www.ted.com/about/our-organization/our-policies-terms/ted-talks-usage-policy. For more information on using TED for commercial purposes (e.g. employee learning, in a film or online course), please submit a Media Request at https://media-requests.ted.com #TED #TEDTalks #AI
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