Amazon’s ‘AI Ready’ initiative to train 2 million in AI skills by 2025

Amazon has released its “AI Ready” initiative, geared towards providing free skills training in artificial intelligence to two million individuals by 2025. Backed by a recent AWS study highlighting the demand for AI talent and the potential for significant salary increases, the initiative introduces eight new, free AI and generative AI courses. The move includes the launch of the AWS Generative AI Scholarship and a collaboration with Code.org.

This comes in tandem with Amazon’s earlier commitment to invest in providing free cloud computing skills training to 29 million people by 2025. The firm has already trained more than 21 million people.