New Delhi, April 15 -- Picture an engineering student in a tier-III town, stuck on a Python script late at night with no teacher to call. Until recently, her options were limited to generic fixes: rewatching a YouTube video or digging through online forums that do not adapt to the learner's needs. Artificial intelligence (AI) is changing that, as new tools begin to reshape how students learn and access support.

Companies including PhysicsWallah, Coursera and Scaler are embedding AI into their offerings, exposing gaps in one-size-fits-all learning and forcing the industry to rethink its model.

Tools such as NotebookLM can turn a textbook into a personalized podcast or slideshow, while others build study modules that adjust difficulty bas...