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INTERMEDIATE: Google is donating $10 million to the Manufacturing Institute to support new artificial intelligence (AI) training for 40,000 manufacturing workers, FOX Business has learned.
Funding for the program comes from Google.org’s AI Opportunity Fund and will go to the Manufacturing Institute (MI), a nonprofit workforce development and education arm of the National Association of Manufacturers.
“Google has been a technology partner to the manufacturing industry for years, providing AI tools and cloud infrastructure to help manufacturers innovate and scale,” Maggie Johnson, global head of Google.org, told FOX Business. “Through this program, our AI training courses will serve as the foundation for MI’s new AI curriculum for manufacturers.”
“This will enable apprentices and workers to learn key AI capabilities from Google users across our company – from developers to data analysts. MI will then prepare for manual situations that will require using AI in their daily work,” added Johnson.
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Google’s partnership with the Manufacturing Institute will fund new AI skills courses for manufacturing workers. (GE Equipment)
Google’s funding will allow the creation of two new courses for manufacturing workers – AI 101 for Manufacturing and Advanced AI for Manufacturing Professionals. The 101 course will adapt existing AI training from Google to manufacturing situations, while the advanced AI of production The techs course will be redeveloped by the Manufacturing Institute.
The Manufacturing Institute will also launch new Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education (FAME) chapters in at least 15 new states while embedding Advanced AI for Manufacturing Professionals in all FAME chapters.
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Google.org’s AI Opportunity Fund is funding the program. (Marlena Sloss/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
“We are working with the Manufacturing Institute because we know that innovation happens when people in stores have access to the technical tools and training they need to be successful,” said Johnson. “By supporting new AI training for manufacturers and expanding FAME training, we are helping to ensure that the current and next generation are ready to lead this new industrial era.”
The partnership aims to address the severe and growing shortage of productive workers across the US workforce by ensuring that workers have the technical skills to use AI tools and fill those roles, which are expected to number around 1.9 million. manufacturing operations in 2033.
Carolyn Lee, president of the Manufacturing Institute, told FOX Business that “the training is designed to directly bridge that gap by giving employees a context for how AI can be used in real-world manufacturing settings. If manufacturers have employees who can use these tools effectively, they can quickly adopt advanced technology, work more efficiently and remain globally competitive.”
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AI will help replace human workers in manufacturing, says the Manufacturing Institute. (Liu Guanguan/China News Service via Getty Images)
Lee also acknowledged that there is a human side to the merger AI in manufacturingsaying “there is fear surrounding AI, fear about the unknown and the impact this technology will have on jobs. It can feel uncertain and the best way to combat that is good communication and skills training.”
He said that’s why part of the effort is about “making AI invisible and giving workers the basic skills they need to use it today.”
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“These training programs demonstrate real-world applications of AI in a shop environment, helping people see exactly how technology is being used and how AI will be used to augment human capability, not replace it. That clarity is important at a time when there is so much uncertainty about what AI means for jobs,” Lee said.
