Google invests $1 million to boost AI skills for Atlanta nonprofits

Google s philanthropic arm is investing million into the Area Foundation for Greater Atlanta to train local nonprofits in the use of artificial intelligence AI The funding is part of Google org s million AI Opportunity Fund which aims to provide one million Americans with essential AI skills The Atlanta project will be implemented in partnership with Project Evident a nonprofit that specializes in helping community-based organizations develop their technological abilities Through the initiative Atlanta-area nonprofits will receive a wide range of AI development sponsorship including workshops webinars one-on-one coaching tailored AI adoption plans and peer learning opportunities By equipping our nonprofits with essential AI skills we re not exclusively investing in innovation we re investing in the future of our district disclosed Georgia Congresswoman Nikema Williams This initiative between Google and the Society Foundation for Greater Atlanta demonstrates the power of collaboration to better serve our residents A Google investigation determined that over of surveyed nonprofits revealed their staff not being trained or fluent in AI highlighting a skill gap in that sector that Google felt needed to be addressed Nonprofits are addressing chosen of society s majority of pressing challenges and Google org is committed to empowering them with AI skills to help them accelerate their impact commented Maggie Johnson vice president of Google org We re proud to aid Project Evident and Tech NYC as they provide nonprofits with technical assistance and AI training at no cost The brand new venture kicked off with a Discovery Day event in Atlanta where local nonprofits gathered for a day of AI training and services The post Google invests million to boost AI skills for Atlanta nonprofits appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta