- The state of California is collaborating with tech behemoth NVIDIA to provide artificial intelligence training to its employees, instructors, and students.
- The collaboration comes at a time when businesses are beginning to see the value of AI, but many are having difficulty finding qualified candidates.
To provide artificial intelligence (AI) training to its employees, instructors, and students, the State of California has partnered with the tech giant NVIDIA. The collaboration, which was signed by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang and Governor Gavin Newsom, aims to:
- Educate employees, students, and teachers.
- Encourage creativity and aid in the creation of jobs
- Utilize technology to overcome specific obstacles.
The State of California-NVIDIA Partnership in Detail
The alliance aims to deliver new NVIDIA artificial intelligence resources to community colleges and trains 100,000 college students, instructors, developers, and data scientists to use AI. These resources include, among other things, AI laboratories and workshops, curricula and certifications, hardware and software, and more. The initiatives seek to create new avenues for educators, workers, and students to further their professions and acquire new skills.
“California’s world-leading companies are pioneering AI breakthroughs, and it’s essential that we create more opportunities for Californians to get the skills to use this technology and advance their careers,” Governor Newsom stated about the alliance. To directly connect AI technologies to workers, educators, and students, we’re collaborating with NVIDIA to build a pipeline that will power future advances.
“A new industrial revolution that will change global trillion-dollar sectors is just getting started. NVIDIA and California will work together to train educators, data scientists, developers, and college students how to use this technology to prepare California for the challenges of the future and promote prosperity across the state, according to Huang.
The collaboration comes in response to a recent executive order issued by Governor Newsom mandating that the state employ technology to best serve Californians. Along with many other AI-related initiatives, California this year also sponsored a GenAI summit, released a generative AI (GenAI) toolbox for state procurement, and started a state worker training program.
The following are the main goals outlined in the agreement between NVIDIA and California:
- Use AI to boost employment and the economy
- Educate workers, educators, and students.
- Encourage creativity and practical applications
- Work together with the Community College system directly.
To increase the accessibility of artificial intelligence for students from a variety of backgrounds and fields—including manufacturing, biotechnology, life sciences, and media and entertainment—NVIDIA is also engaged in several projects in California. Additionally, it collaborates with schools in the California State University and University of California systems on several workforce, community-based, and climate-related programs.
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AI Skills Crucial for Organizations in the Evolving Business Landscape
The collaboration takes place at a moment when businesses are using AI-powered solutions more and more to stay up with the world’s rapid changes. Further driving AI adoption will be the transformation of workplaces and operations across industries. At the same time, companies find it difficult to hire qualified staff to handle AI-based solutions. For small and medium-sized businesses, this is especially true. This difficulty is faced by 68% of questioned firms, according to a recent Aberdeen Strategy & Research research. Because of this difficulty, they must concentrate on investing in this technology while also enhancing staff’ AI skills.
How People Can Participate in Gaining AI Skills
The NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute University Ambassador Program, which allows instructors worldwide to become certified, was already introduced by NVIDIA. To be eligible for the program, candidates must meet the general technical requirements for the technology that the workshop covers and be associated with a recognized university.
Enrollment in the training programs offered by the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute (DLI) is open to individuals, teams, organizations, and students. DLI provides a range of instructor-led and self-paced courses on subjects like edge computing, graphics and simulation, GenAI and large language models (LLMs), data science, and accelerated computing.
In addition to NVIDIA, numerous companies, organizations, and educational institutions provide AI courses and certifications. MIT’s Professional Certificate Program in Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence certificate, Stanford University’s and Columbia University’s machine learning and AI programs, and Google AI and machine learning programs are a few of them.
Conclusion
Artificial intelligence is having a growing impact on workplaces and organizations in various industries. On the other hand, since companies find it difficult to find qualified candidates, concentrating on helping students and the workforce acquire the necessary skills can help with some workplace issues. AI tools and technology, together with the appropriate training and abilities, will be essential in building resilient and effective workplaces as the nature of work changes in the future.