UK launches AI skills drive for workers and schoolchildren

London: The UK government is to team up with tech-giants including Google, Microsoft and Amazon to train 7.5 million workers in AI skills, Prime Minister Keir Starmer is to announce Monday.

Starmer is also set to unveil £187 million ($253 million) in funding to help develop tech abilities for one million secondary school students, as part of its “TechFirst” programme to bring AI learning into classrooms and communities.