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A school district hires a humanoid teaching assistant

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A New York district hired a humanoid teaching assistant named Sally for classroom support and round-the-clock homework help, while a Chinese fighting robot lost its head mid-bout and kept swinging.

Reporting date: 2026-07-17 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to July 17, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A school district hires a humanoid teaching assistant
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-07-17
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-07-17-a-school-district-hires-a-humanoid-assistant
Claim: A New York district hired a humanoid teaching assistant named Sally for classroom support and round-the-clock homework help, while a Chinese fighting robot lost its head mid-bout and kept swinging.
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- Welcome to July 17, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-july-17-2026
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