On Oct. 16, Google announced that it will award $15 million in new grants to two nonprofit organizations: The Partnership for Public Service and InnovateUS. The grants are part of Google.org’s $75 million AI Opportunity Fund, an initiative aimed at helping upskill the U.S. workforce.
The Partnership for Public Service will receive a $10 million grant to open the Center for Federal AI in the spring of 2025, according to a press release. The center plans to offer a federal artificial intelligence leadership program to help further educate government workers on how to evaluate potential use cases for AI and increase AI literacy.
Additionally, the center plans to offer an internship program that will teach students how AI can be implemented responsibly within the federal government, according to the nonprofit’s website.
The remaining $5 million will be awarded to InnovateUS, a nonprofit that provides no-cost AI courses and workshops to state and local public sector workers. The nonprofit …