The American Federation of Teachers is using $23 million in funds from three tech companies to launch a program to train educators on AI skills. On Tuesday, the country's second-largest teachers' union announced $12.

A group of leading tech companies is teaming up with two teachers’ unions to train 400,000 kindergarten through 12th grade teachers in artificial intelligence over the next five years.

Announced Tuesday, July 8, by the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and New York City-based affiliate United Federation of Teachers, along with tech giants Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic, the new National Academy for AI Instruction will funnel $23 million toward free AI training and curriculum for all 1.8 million union members.