More than 60 organizations sign a commitment to the White House to invest in IA education

Diving brief:

• Some 67 companies and technological associations have signed a pledge Supporting the Trump administration’s objective to make the training of artificial intelligence accessible to all students, the White House announced on Monday.
• According to the engagement, each signatory has promised to “provide resources that promote early interest in AI technology, promote the literacy of AI and allow complete training on AI for educators”.
• One day after the announcement of the commitment, the Senate canceled a provision of “big and beautiful invoices” which would have put a 10 -year moratorium on the states imposing regulations on the AI. The opponents of the moratorium argued that a break on the legislative railings would threaten Online children's safety.

Diving insight:

The “promise of American youth: investing in AI education” indicates Trump's priority to establish public-private partnerships as a key element in the deployment of the president Executive decree on AI in K-12said Sara Kloek, vice-president of children's education and policy at Software & Information Industry Association.

The companies that have signed the commitment, which include Google, IBM, Magicschool, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia and Varsity Tutors, should publish more detailed plans on their commitments throughout this week, said Kloek.

In doing so, said Kloek, she hopes that more companies will intervene to work on the initiative with the stakeholders of education such as educators, parents and students.

Siaa, who also signed the commitment, said that she would create a working group among its members of its companies to develop strategies to transparently disclose how AI tools are used in class. “These best practices will help companies will communicate with the community, parents and kindergarten students in the 12th year on the use of AI in school environments and equip them with responsible it in a responsible manner,” SIIA said in a press release on Monday.

In a statement on Monday, the United States Secretary of Education Linda McMahon shared her enthusiasm that “so many organizations” had signed the commitment.

“It is clear that there is a lot of energy about AI and how it can be used in education,” said McMahon. “The resources and tools that have been promised thanks to this initiative will help our teachers and learners to take advantage of AI in classrooms and communities across America.”

Meanwhile, the senators voted massively – 99-1 – early Tuesday morning to eliminate a project Mailratory of AIBefore the Republicans narrowly adopted the bill for full reconciliation on the thinnest majority, 51-50, Vice-President JD Vance offering the revolutionary vote.

The version of the house, which was approved in May, would impose a moratorium over 10 years on state regulations for AI. The Chamber and the Senate must now develop their differences in the legislation before being able to go to Trump for the signing.

AASA, The School Supercentndnts AssociationSigned a letter of June 27 with more than 140 other groups opposing the AI ​​moratorium in the version of the house.

In a press release on Monday, AASA said that the moratorium would protect “technology and AI more than students and children”.

“This provision would eliminate practically all existing and future laws of AI, giving the companies of AI exactly what they want: no rules, no responsibility and total control,” said AASA. “As an organization working on the front line of the consequences of the development of AI without railing, we know what it would mean for our children.”