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How a ‘Coalition of the Willing’ Wants to Change the Agenda on AI

As American voters lash out against artificial intelligence and the influence of Big Tech, proponents of AI development fear the United States could lose its technological edge to China.

Gina Raimondo is worried about losing more than that.

Raimondo — the former Commerce secretary, Rhode Island governor and sometime patron saint of pro-business Democrats — warns that leaders in Washington and Silicon Valley need to show American workers they can win in an AI economy or risk crippling political instability and a crackdown on innovation.

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OpenAI, Anthropic, Microsoft, and Amazon are behind a new organization that aims to help prepare workers for AI

Some of the biggest names in tech and AI are behind a new organization with ambitious plans to help workers navigate the AI transition. The OpenAI Foundation, Anthropic, Amazon, and Microsoft are all "anchor partners" on Raise US, a new nonprofit that aims to raise $1 billion to build a national platform to advise governors on how best to prepare their workforces for AI disruption. According to the organization, they have already raised $500 million. (The OpenAI Foundation was a nonprofit created as part of OpenAI's restructuring, which holds a $100 billion equity stake in OpenAI's for-profit arm.)

How a ‘Coalition of the Willing’ Wants to Change the Agenda on AI

Gina Raimondo and Eric Holcomb are not running for president. They might drive the 2028 agenda on artificial intelligence anyway.

The New Push to Ready Millions for AI Career Upheaval

Coalition of employers, state governments developing strategy to help workers respond to AI age

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