My students in a low income rural school have no idea AI exists and I think that gap is going to matter a lot

I teach at a small secondary school in a rural area. Most of my students come from families where money is tight and technology at home means a shared phone with a cracked screen. None of them are using AI tools. Most of them have never heard of ChatGPT in any meaningful way.

Meanwhile I read about students at well-resourced schools using AI for tutoring, essay feedback, coding practice, university application prep. Those students are going to arrive at the job market having had years of AI-assisted learning and practice. My students are not.

I am not asking whether AI is good or bad for education in general. I am asking specifically about the access gap and whether anyone is doing anything real about it. Not pilot programs at fancy schools. What is actually happening for students who do not have reliable devices, fast internet, or adults around them who know what these tools are?