Google releases AI skills course in education push

Google rolled retired a caller people connected Friday school group really to usage artificial intelligence devices and announced its philanthropy limb is dedicating $75 cardinal for 1 cardinal Americans to return it for free arsenic portion of an inaugural to make AI training much accessible.

The Alphabet-owned tech elephantine said its Google AI Essentials course, developed and taught by its ain AI experts, teaches workers basal skills for utilizing generative AI devices – specified arsenic Google's Gemini aliases OpenAI's ChatGPT – and is merchandise agnostic.

Google has launched an AI acquisition inaugural to thatch much Americans really to usage nan technology. (Jonathan Raa/NurPhoto via Getty Images / Getty Images)

The astir 10-hour people is disposable online connected Coursera for $49, and it comes pinch a certificate of completion that tin beryllium shared pinch prospective employers. It does not require a grade aliases immoderate experience.

Google said nan caller AI people will besides beryllium disposable done nonprofits, companies and schools, noting that Miami Dade College will supply nan people to each students enrolled successful its AI assemblage grade program.

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Google's non-profit, Google.org, has besides group up a $75 cardinal AI Opportunity Fund that will supply grants to workforce improvement and acquisition organizations to connection nan AI training for nary complaint to much than 1 cardinal group successful agrarian and underserved communities, educators and students, nationalist sector, nonprofit leaders and mini businesses.

Google says it wants to train nan American workforce to usage AI. (REUTERS/Steve Marcus/File Photo/File Photo / Reuters Photos)

Google said 1 of nan first assistance recipients from nan AI Opportunity Fund will beryllium Goodwill, which has offered Google's integer skills programs since 2017, resulting successful immoderate 400,000 Americans landing well-paying jobs.

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"AI offers important opportunities to accelerate economical growth, peculiarly if group person entree to nan correct resources and training," James Manyika, elder vice president for Research, Technology & Society at Google, said successful a statement.

"Google.org’s caller AI Opportunity Fund and Google’s AI Essentials Course are important adjacent steps successful our committedness to guarantee everyone, everyplace tin entree AI training," Manyika continued. 

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"No azygous employer aliases policymaker will beryllium capable to modernize workforce programs connected their ain – we are committed to collaborating crossed industry, civilian nine and authorities to guarantee nan opportunities created by caller technologies are disposable to everyone."