Google pushes global agenda to educate workers, lawmakers on AI
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A key priority, one executive told Reuters, comes in building out educational programs to train the workforce on AI.
«Getting more people and organizations, including governments, familiar with AI and using AI tools, makes for better AI policy and opens up new opportunities — it's a virtuous cycle,» said Kent Walker, Alphabet's president of global affairs.
As Google races to best Big Tech rivals including Microsoft-backed OpenAI and Meta in the AI arena, it is mindful of the heavy regulatory scrutiny it faces in its existing businesses in advertising and search. In the European Union, Google has offered to sell a part of its ad tech business to appease regulators, reported. In the US, the Justice Department is attempting to force a breakup of its Chrome Web browser — though it may shift course under the administration of President Donald Trump. Meanwhile, governments globally are drafting new regulations on issues that could be exacerbated by AI, such as copyright and privacy. The EU AI Act, which seeks to assess risk and require disclosures from general-purpose AI systems, has received pushback from tech giants that could find themselves in the crosshairs of multibillion-dollar fines. The DOJ has also sought to curtail Google's advances in AI as a remedy in a
