Google is contributing $10 million to the Manufacturing Institute to support new artificial intelligence (AI) training for 40,000 manufacturing workers, FOX Business has learned.
Funding for the initiative is coming from Google.org's AI Opportunity Fund and will go to the Manufacturing Institute (MI), the nonprofit workforce development and education affiliate of the National Association of Manufacturers.
"Google has been a technology partner to the manufacturing industry for years, providing AI tools and cloud infrastructure to help manufacturers innovate and increase productivity," Maggie Johnson, global head of Google.org, told FOX Business. "Through this initiative, our AI training courses will serve as the basis for MI's new AI curriculum for manufacturers."
"This will enable manufacturing apprentices and workers to learn essential AI skills from Googlers across our company – from engineers to data analysts. MI will then tailor for hands-on manufacturing scenarios that they'll need to use AI in their day-to-day work," Johnson added.
