For Europeans worried about decline in a time of war and economic slowdown, last week’s OECD international education rankings didn’t help. French 15-year-olds have seen a historic drop in math skills, and Germany’s recorded their lowest scores ever.

Amid the bad-tempered reactions over what to do about it, Paris was quick to point to the hope of one technology in particular: artificial intelligence. Emmanuel Macron’s administration will next year roll out an adaptive testing AI tool in math and French for 200,000 high-school students. Developed by French startup EvidenceB, the program is designed to adapt to each individual student and help educators track their progress — and it’s been pitched as a “sovereign” tool to restore the grandeur of France.