McGraw Hill deployed AI Reader, a generative AI tool embedded in its higher education eBooks, which takes highlighted text from students and produces alternative explanations, simplified summaries, or practice quiz questions on demand.

AI Reader launched in fall 2024 within select eBook titles on McGraw Hill Connect and McGraw Hill GO, and was later expanded into the First Aid Forward medical education platform. Students highlight a word or passage and the AI generates multiple alternative explanations or comprehension checks until the concept clicks. As of April 2026, students had interacted with AI Reader more than 45 million times since launch. The tool uses McGraw Hill's own content as a guardrail to ensure accuracy, and subject-matter experts reviewed AI outputs by discipline before each rollout. It is the company's first generative AI product.