More than 60 Organizations Sign White House Pledge to Support AI Education

The White House has introduced the "Pledge to America's Youth: Investing in AI Education," asking companies and organizations to commit to fostering early interest in AI technology, promoting AI literacy and proficiency among America's youth, and enabling comprehensive AI training for educators. The pledge is part of President Donald Trump's April executive order on AI education, which created a White House Task Force directed to establish public-private partnerships to provide resources for K–12 AI education.

More than 65 organizations have already signed the pledge, including tech giants Adobe, Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI, and many others. The companies specifically "pledge to make available resources for youth and teachers through funding and grants, educational materials and curricula, technology and tools, teacher professional development programs, workforce development resources, and/or technical expertise and mentorship" over the next four years.

"Fostering young people's interest and expertise in artificial intelligence is crucial to maintaining American technological dominance," commented Michael Kratsios, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and chair of the White House Task Force on AI Education, in a statement. "These initial pledges from American organizations will help create new educational and workforce development opportunities for our students. We invite other organizations to join the pledge as we look forward to furthering these partnerships to introduce more of America's youth to AI."

The White House said it will work with these organizations and others "to announce specific new grants, programs, and technologies towards the pledge throughout the year ahead." For more information, visit whitehouse.gov/edai.

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