Led by President Nayib Bukele, El Salvador, the first country to make bitcoin legal tender, is now seeking to position itself at the forefront of artificial intelligence, partnering with Elon Musk’s xAI to launch the world’s first national AI-powered public education system.
The government will deploy xAI’s Grok chatbot in more than 5,000 public schools over the next two years to support more than one million students and thousands of teachers, according to an announcement Thursday.
Grok will act as a digital tutor, adapting lessons to each student’s pace and skill level. The system aligns with El Salvador’s national curriculum and aims to ensure that both urban and rural students receive consistent instruction, xAI said. The project will also produce new AI datasets, frameworks and methods tailored to educational settings, with a focus on local context, security and human-centered impact, according to the announcement.
“By jointly developing this system with El Salvador, we will generate new methodologies, data sets and frameworks to guide the responsible use of AI in classrooms globally,” the statement continues.
President Nayib Bukele, whose administration recently increased the country’s bitcoin treasury to 7,500 BTC, said El Salvador is a “pioneer in AI-powered education.” Musk added: “El Salvador is not waiting for the future of education, it is building it with xAI.”
