#ai-education

#ai-education

In September, dozens of Penn students gathered in the engineering school auditorium for the debut of the Claude Builder Club, sponsored by AI company Anthropic. Over the course of this semester, the Builder Club has plans to host a hackathon, demo night, and other opportunities to create projects using artificial intelligence. "I need the Claude premium for a year," says Crystal Yang, a freshman who attended the first meeting. Claude, she had heard, is "better for coding and sounding more human in writing."

I've always wanted to live in San Francisco. It's the beating pulse of AI, and there are so many insanely ambitious and talented people to be surrounded by. You can literally walk into a coffee shop and end up in a two-hour deep dive conversation about AI agents or someone's YC application. Everyone's dreaming big, and you can feel that optimism in the air. It's a nice place to build a startup.

For federal employees caught up in the current shutdown, there's not a lot anyone can do but wait. Offices are closed, projects are paused and even email inboxes have gone dark. But while the government may be standing still, your skills don't have to be. Now might be a great time to take some of those comprehensive classes that you never had time for, especially if they teach critical skills like how to effectively program and employ artificial intelligence.

Parents have one burning question: Does AI collapse the world of possibilities for their kids, or does it open up new ones? I spent two hours in a room with around 30 adults to learn about what it means to raise children with the help of AI. The event took place during Pulse NYC AI Week and was hosted by Build First, an AI workshop company. Concern, confusion, and excitement were the main emotions circulating around the tiny Upper East Side school auditorium

Artificial intelligence education now starts at the age of six in China.

The remarks were made at the second White House Task Force on Artificial Intelligence Education meeting and were accompanied by pledges from government agencies and the private sector to advance AI education, as mandated by the order. "We are here today to talk about our future in the most real sense imaginable: how America's children can be prepared to build our country tomorrow with the cutting edge tools of today," White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Director Michael Kratsios said during the meeting.

Google's latest initiative provides college students in targeted countries with free access to AI tools and resources, enhancing their educational experience and support.

Google and Goodwill are partnering to provide a free AI course aimed at enhancing digital literacy in the workforce, catering to a wide audience.

With 56+ hands-on training sessions at ODSC West 2025, attendees will engage directly with AI tools and frameworks utilized by today's leading AI teams.

"You've gotta learn how to be a critical thinker and identify problems," Chatterji said in an episode of the OpenAI podcast published Tuesday.

The American Federation of Teachers has received $23 million from Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic to launch an AI training center called the National Academy for AI Instruction.

"The ChatGPT and Automation E-Degree is designed to help you build AI skills from the ground up, making it crucial for staying competitive in today's digital economy."

"Whatever happens with these AI tools, you'll be better off understanding how they work, and how they function, and what you can do with them."