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The trusted
AI for schools

Flint meets the strictest privacy and safety requirements schools have, in the US and abroad. Every standard we are held to is one we earned, and each is reviewed and renewed as the rules change.

  • FERPA aligned
  • COPPA compliant
  • GDPR compliant
  • ESSA Tier 4

DATA PROTECTION

How we protect student data

Consumer AI tools use what students type to train their next models. Flint does not. Student data stays separate, visible only to the people who need it, and covered by a data processing agreement when your school needs one.

  • Student data stays private

    Flint is GDPR compliant. Student data is never shared with third parties and never used to train AI models.

    • Each school's data is kept separate from every other school's
    • Not accessible to the AI providers Flint runs on
    • The same rules apply to teacher and administrator data

  • Only the right people can see it

    Flint stores student data so that students, parents, teachers, and school administrators can access it, and no one else.

    • Students and parents see the student's work through the student's login
    • Teachers and administrators can view assignment submissions
    • Administrators can request an export of a student's data to share with a parent

  • Audited under the EU AI Act

    As a product manufacturer under the EU AI Act, Flint regularly audits every AI-related component of the product, including synthetic content generation, to confirm our AI providers meet the Act's safety and transparency requirements.

    • Flint's own offering is not classified as high risk
    • Our providers' offerings can be in some situations, so we audit them regularly
    • DataRep, our appointed EU representative, maintains continuous compliance monitoring for the EU AI Act and the DSA

    Audit scope

    What our regular audits cover

    • Every AI component, including synthetic content generation
    • Data processing activities
    • Transparency obligations under the EU AI Act
    • Transparency obligations under the DSA

    Monitored continuously through DataRep, our EU representative.

  • A data processing agreement for your jurisdiction

    Flint has signed data processing agreements (DPAs) with schools across the US. Each one is compliant with state regulations and with EU requirements, including DSA obligations through DataRep.

    • Signed DPAs already cover schools in seven states
    • Compliant with US state regulations and EU requirements
    • During procurement, we work with your school to put the right DPA in place for your jurisdiction

    Signed DPAs

    Agreements in place with schools in

    • Illinois
    • Maine
    • Massachusetts
    • New Hampshire
    • New York
    • Rhode Island
    • Vermont

    Your state next. We set up the DPA during procurement.

EQUITABLE ACCESS

Providing access to students under 13

Most AI tools draw the line at 13, which keeps younger students out just as AI literacy starts to matter. Flint works with your school so every student can use AI safely, with the same tools and at no cost to them.

Every student, the same AI

When a school rolls out Flint, access does not depend on a student's age or on who can afford a paid plan.

  • Students under 13 can use Flint, with COPPA compliance worked out directly with your school
  • Every student gets the same full-strength AI, with nothing to pay themselves
  • No free-versus-paid gap between classmates, which consumer tools create

How COPPA compliance works with Flint

  1. 1

    Your school's technology waiver

    Parents sign a waiver giving administrators the right to choose which tools students use. Most schools already have one.

  2. 2

    We review the language

    Send us the waiver. We confirm whether use of Flint by students under 13 is COPPA compliant under its terms.

  3. 3

    Younger students get access

    Once confirmed, your elementary and middle school students use Flint like everyone else, with teachers watching every session.

AI CONTROL

Controlling the behavior of the AI

AI tools like ChatGPT can answer any question about anything — or at least they attempt to. This may be great for personal productivity but makes these tools difficult to use educationally. Because tools like ChatGPT are designed to satisfy the end user, they'll give students the immediate answer to any question instead of challenging students to think through problems themselves.​

Flint allows teachers to control exactly how AI interacts with students. This control is established in the assignment creation panel, where rules for what role the AI should take on and how it should respond to students are editable by the teacher. This means that the AI...

  • Won’t give away the answer

    Unless the teacher explicitly asks the AI to give answers, Flint’s AI will challenge students to think critically and guide them to an answer. The AI can also adjust the difficulty of assessment or review on the fly.

  • Stays on topic

    If a student strays off topic, the AI will gently nudge the student back to the learning objective that the teacher has provided, and all chat data can be viewed by the teacher.

AI ACCURACY

Ensuring accuracy and relevance

AI models are trained on millions of documents, ranging from textbooks to news articles to online forums. This makes these AI models seemingly knowledgeable on any topic, but dive deeper and you'll find that AI might make content up, or “hallucinate” when it doesn't know the answer. Most AI tools also often fail to provide specific sources for its knowledge.​

On Flint, teachers can provide the AI with content from their class — whether that's a worksheet, textbook chapter, lecture slides, lesson plan, or link to a recent news article. The AI will then pull from the materials provided by the teacher when interacting with students, ensuring accuracy and relevant context.​

EDUCATOR OVERSIGHT

Educator oversight of student AI use

Many of the concerns with irresponsible AI use by students today (i.e. using ChatGPT to write their essays) stem from the fact that there's no teacher oversight. Any individual can sign up for an AI tool if they have an email address and can easily lie about their age if they’re under 13.​

Flint allows educators to view exactly how students are using AI. Every student interaction with AI is tracked and can be viewed by teachers as well as school administrators. In special cases, administrators have the ability (e.g. based on teacher concern or a parent request) to request an export of student data from Flint.​

TEACHER USAGE

Teacher augmentation, not replacement

Students are already using AI for homework help, through tools like ChatGPT and many other apps (just search "AI homework" on the App Store). In the long run, if AI use continues to be driven primarily by students, there's a risk that the importance of teachers as the source of learning is undermined in the minds of students.​

Flint changes the equation by letting teachers augment themselves with AI instead of feeling as if they are competing against it. Teachers have incredible context on the needs of their students, and can use Flint to multiply their own effectiveness, such as by providing students with more personalized help in the classroom.

Unregulated AI use by students currently risks them simply jumping straight to answers and generating unoriginal writing. Flint seeks to help teachers employ AI as a learning resource. By giving teachers control to emphasize the learning process rather than a “correct answer”, Flint can help create an AI-powered classroom that increases emphasis on both student creativity and agency.

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