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Broadening advanced AI education across Africa
- Google DeepMind launches free AI Research Foundations courses for African technical learners.
- Courses are available at no cost on Google Skills with hands-on AI model work.
- Google.org funds lecturer training and toolkits to bring the curriculum to African classrooms.
- Curriculum localized to African contexts with real-world use cases.
- Curriculum designed to scale through educators with trainer programs.
- The initiative aims to increase African contributions to AI research.
- Learners can study independently or within structured courses abroad.
- Curriculum includes hands-on language model development from scratch.
- Local collaboration includes African Institute for Mathematical Sciences (AIMS).
- The initiative supports open access and global reach beyond Africa.
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