Microsoft and Openai They plan to announce on Tuesday that they assist to launch the AI training center for members of the second largest union of teachers in the USA, in accordance with the details of the initiative, which seems to be unintentionally published at the beginning of YouTube.
The National Academy for Ai will be based in Novel York and aims to equip the kindergarten up to 12. Class instructors in the American Federation of Teachers with “Tools and Self -confidence to introduce artificial intelligence to the class in a way that supports learning and the possibility for all students”, in accordance with the publicly available description YouTube Livestream Scheduled for Tuesday morning.
YouTube also mentions Antropic, which develops Claude Chatbot, as a collaborator described as an initiative worth $ 22.5 million in order to introduce teachers for free “AI training and curriculum”.
Three companies AI and the Union did not immediately respond to requests for a comment on information published on YouTube. On Monday, Microsoft and the Union refused to share details before the announcement planned on Tuesday morning in Novel York.
Over the past few years, schools have fought for AI Chatbot students, such as Chatgpt Openai, Microsoft’s Copilot and Google’s Gemini. Although very able to assist in writing documents and Solve some mathematical problemsTechnologies can also probably make exorbitant mistakes. They left parents, teachers and employers who were worried if chatbots rob students the opportunity to develop the necessary skills themselves.
Schools have implemented up-to-date tools for catching fraud supported by AI, and teachers began to introduce lessons about what they consider to be responsible for the apply of generative artificial intelligence. Some teachers apply artificial intelligence to assist in the time -consuming work of developing plans and teaching materials, and also advertise how it introduced greater interactivity and creativity in the classroom.
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten he said that teachers must take place at the table in the field of integrating AI with their profession. The up-to-date National Academy can assist teachers better understand the rapidly changing AI technologies and develop their curriculum to prepare students for a world where tools are the basis of many jobs.
But the program will probably attract the opportunity for some members of the Union concerned about commercial incentives of technological giants shaping what is happening in American classes. Google, Apple and Microsoft have been competing for years to accept their tools to school in the hope of transforming children into users for life. (Microsoft and Opeli are increasingly becoming competitors, despite the once blocking relationships).
Last week, several professors in the Netherlands published an open letter Calling local universities to re -consider financial relations with AI and the apply of AI in the classroom. Versatile bans seem unlikely among the growing apply of generative AI chatbots. So AI, employers and trade unions can remain to try to find a common plane.
The upcoming Training Academy is in line with the Microsoft partnership, which Microsoft hit in December 2023 in order to cooperate with the American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations or AFL-AFL-CIO in the scope of developing and implementing AI systems. The American Federation of Teachers is part of the AFL-CIO and Microsoft He said then He would cooperate with a relationship to discover AI education for employees and students.
The Federation website claims that it represents about 1.8 million employees, in which K-12 teachers also include school nurses and university employees. According to the National Education Association, the largest union of US teachers has about 3 million members.