Big Tech Signs On To White House Plan For Ai Education In Us Schools

The White House hosted respective tech and AI leaders astatine an arena coming centered connected school artificial intelligence successful US schools. Many of nan large tech companies — including Amazon, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI and Anthropic — person already issued property releases pinch their commitments to a pledge from nan White House to thief "foster early liking successful Al technology, beforehand Al literacy and proficiency, and alteration broad Al training for parents and educators." The business commitments see things for illustration rate prizes for students and teachers who usage AI successful acquisition ways, and inexpensive aliases free entree to nan companies' AI tools, trainings and certifications. First Lady Melania Trump hosted nan gathering.

That sounds good and dandy connected nan surface. Understanding AI and nan limits of what it tin and can't do are already important arsenic industries effort to accommodate to nan technology. But considering nan existent management has been actively trying to dismantle nan Department of Education for being excessively woke, it seems doubtful that this is going to beryllium a thoughtfully planned aliases well-reasoned rollout that has nan champion interests of students astatine heart. It's unclear if immoderate existent teachers were consulted successful nan improvement of these initiatives, aliases asked for suggestions connected really champion to hole students for nan abrupt emergence of AI.

For nan schadenfreude fans retired there, it appears that Trump's erstwhile BFF Elon Musk wasn't invited to today's gathering of tech leaders. However Musk insists that he was asked and conscionable couldn't attend. Sure.