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IBM To Invest in New AI Skills Training Programme To Boost Global Workforce

Irish partners include DCU and Fastrack into Information Technology
Jan 10, 2024 9:00 AM ET
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IBM is backing a new AI skills programme that will focus on underrepresented communities. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire. Image courtesy of The Irish Times.

By Ciara O'Brien

Originally Published by The Irish Times

IBM is to invest in a new training programme to help boost skills in artificial intelligence over the next three years, targetting 2 million learners globally by the end of 2026.

The push to close the skills gap in AI, which build on its IBM SkillsBuild platform, will be done through a collaboration with non-governmental organisations and partners worldwide, and focus on underrepresented communities.

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