Google Opens AI Campus In London
(Wednesday November 27, 2024 @10:30PM (BeauHD)
from the AI-revolution dept.)
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British Prime Minister Keir Starmer inaugurated [1]London's first Google-funded AI Campus in Camden , aiming to equip young people with AI and machine learning skills. Reuters reports:
> The center, based in Camden, an area which Starmer represents in parliament and which is also home to Google's future offices in Kings Cross, has already started a two-year pilot project for local students. An first cohort of 32 people aged 16-18 will have access to resources in AI and machine learning and receive mentoring and expertise from Google's AI company DeepMind, the tech giant [2]said . The students will tackle real-world projects connecting AI to fields such as health, social sciences and the arts at the campus, which has been established in partnership with the local authority, Google said.
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> Google's UK and Ireland managing director Debbie Weinstein announced 865,000 pounds ($1.10 million) of funding for an AI literacy program across the UK. The money will be used by charities Raspberry Pi Foundation and Parent Zone to help train teachers with an aim of reaching over 250,000 students by the end of 2026, she said.
[1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/british-pm-opens-google-backed-ai-campus-to-inspire-students/ar-AA1uRKMQ
[2] https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/united-kingdom/google-launches-ai-campus-london/
> The center, based in Camden, an area which Starmer represents in parliament and which is also home to Google's future offices in Kings Cross, has already started a two-year pilot project for local students. An first cohort of 32 people aged 16-18 will have access to resources in AI and machine learning and receive mentoring and expertise from Google's AI company DeepMind, the tech giant [2]said . The students will tackle real-world projects connecting AI to fields such as health, social sciences and the arts at the campus, which has been established in partnership with the local authority, Google said.
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> Google's UK and Ireland managing director Debbie Weinstein announced 865,000 pounds ($1.10 million) of funding for an AI literacy program across the UK. The money will be used by charities Raspberry Pi Foundation and Parent Zone to help train teachers with an aim of reaching over 250,000 students by the end of 2026, she said.
[1] https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/british-pm-opens-google-backed-ai-campus-to-inspire-students/ar-AA1uRKMQ
[2] https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/united-kingdom/google-launches-ai-campus-london/
Why does AI need a campus? (Score:2)
Is it an artificial campus? What kind of desk does an AI bot sit at? A virtual desk? Most importantly, do AI bots steal each others lunches from the lunchroom refrigerator?