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AI companies are training teachers.

Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic have funded a $23 million training hub in downtown Manhattan that will train teachers how to use AI tools and apply them in educational environments. The “National Academy for AI Instruction” will provide free access and training to the nearly 2 million members of the American Federation of Teachers.

This is the latest of several efforts across the US to make AI usage the new normal for faculty members and their students.

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