Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic partner with AFT to train thousands of teachers to use AI

In a major push to reshape the future of education, tech giants Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic have joined forces with two major U.S. teachers’ unions to launch a $23 million initiative aimed at training 400,000 K–12 teachers to effectively use artificial intelligence (AI) in classrooms over the next five years. This initiative, called the National Academy of AI Instruction, comes at a time when educators are grappling with how to integrate powerful new technologies into already overwhelmed learning environments.

With AI already disrupting industries from healthcare to finance, and tools like ChatGPT gaining rapid popularity among students, the pressure is mounting for schools to catch up.