ITG NowAI for Education, in plain words
Free AI tools for education help teachers and learners turn their own material into tutors, quizzes, diagrams and short videos. The best ones work from your notes and files, not from guesswork, and several run on your own computer. Every tool below is free and open source.
What free AI tools do for education
A tutor built from your own notes. DeepTutor answers questions, makes quizzes and builds study plans from files, notes or a YouTube link you add. It has study modes like Chat, Quiz, Solve, Research and Mastery Path. It doesn't include its own AI, so you connect a provider like OpenAI in Settings, per the DeepTutor README.
Chat with readings, with citations. Open Notebook is a free NotebookLM alternative you host yourself. Its answers come with citations, so you can check where each fact came from. It can also turn notes into podcasts with 1 to 4 speakers. With local AI models, the Open Notebook README says nothing leaves your machine.
A school library with no internet. Project NOMAD bundles Wikipedia, Khan Academy courses, medical guides, maps and a local AI chat on one offline server. It can help a classroom or a home with a weak connection. It runs on Linux, and the AI part needs a strong computer.
Lessons you can see. Archify turns a plain description into an interactive diagram that opens in any browser. Recordly records your screen with auto-zooms and a webcam bubble, good for short how-to lessons. OpenMontage lets an AI helper research, script, narrate and edit a whole video, with free voice and stock footage built in.
Tips for teachers and schools
Check the answers. Even a tutor that reads your notes can get something wrong, so treat it like a helper, not the final word. Ask your school before you add student work to any AI tool. Tools you host yourself keep files on your machine, but an online AI service sees what you send it. For tools picked for learners, see our free AI tools for students.
Some AI news touches schools directly. The newest stories about learning and kids show up in the news list on this page.
Free AI tools for Education
Recordly: Free Screen Recorder With Auto-Zoom
Recordly is a free screen recorder and editor for Mac, Windows and Linux.
Archify: Free AI Diagram Generator for Claude and Codex
Describe an idea, plan or codebase to Claude Code or Codex and get an interactive diagram as one shareable web page.
Open Notebook: A Free NotebookLM Alternative You Own
Chat with your PDFs and videos, get cited answers, and turn notes into podcasts.
OpenMontage: Free AI Video Maker for Your AI Helper
Describe a video in plain words and your AI helper researches, scripts, narrates, edits and renders it for you.
Project NOMAD: Free Offline Knowledge Server
Project NOMAD is a free offline knowledge server with Wikipedia, medical guides, Khan Academy courses, maps and a local AI that work with no internet.
DeepTutor: Free AI Tutor That Learns From Your Notes
DeepTutor is a free AI tutor that answers questions, makes quizzes and builds study plans from your own notes, books and videos.
Latest AI news for Education
Stories about education, newest first, then the newest AI news. Each one opens our story page with its sources.
- Apple · Apple spells out its ban on AI nudify appsNew App Review rules target apps making fake nude images and apps hiding features from reviewers.
- OpenAI · Eight US states sue OpenAI over kids' safetyEight states filed separate suits saying ChatGPT harms young users.
- Anthropic · Anthropic puts 5% of its shares in a public fundAnthropic says a new Public Benefit Fund starts with 5% of its shares, pending shareholder approval; it will not fund lobbying.
- World Bank · World Bank bets on 'small AI' for poorer countriesIts knowledge chief says small models on basic phones could speed growth by decades.
- Microsoft · Microsoft pulls out of a UK AI data center dealThe Telegraph reports Microsoft cancelled its anchor-tenant deal to rent about 23,000 Nvidia chips at Nscale's Essex site; Nscale says other deals are unaffected.
- Meta · Meta pulls web-scraping line from its business termsMeta removed wording that let it use content from business accounts' websites to train products. It says crawling is unchanged.
AI news and top lists
AI News October 2026: A Reality Check Before the IPOs
ChatGPT gets visual, OpenAI's revenue shakes stocks, AI agents misbehave, Meta's Muse Wonder and Apple's $299 HomeView arrive.
AI News May 2026: Anthropic Passes OpenAI, Musk Loses
Anthropic rents Musk's data center and passes OpenAI in value, Musk loses his OpenAI suit, Google remakes search, and AI solves a math puzzle.
FAQ
Is there a free AI tutor?
DeepTutor is a free, open-source AI tutor. It answers questions, makes quizzes and builds study plans from your own notes, books and videos. You connect your own AI provider.
Is there a free NotebookLM alternative?
Open Notebook is free and open source and you host it yourself. It answers with citations and makes podcasts with 1 to 4 speakers.
Can I use AI for teaching with no internet?
Yes. Project NOMAD works offline after setup, with Wikipedia, Khan Academy courses and a local AI chat on one server.
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