Google pushes global agenda to educate workers, lawmakers on AI

Google is looking to shape public perception and policies on artificial intelligence ahead of a global wave of AI regulation.
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 (MSFT.O), opens new tab OpenAI and Meta (META.O), opens new tab in the AI arena, it is mindful of the heavy regulatory scrutiny it faces in its existing businesses in advertising and search.
Meanwhile, governments globally are drafting new regulations on issues that could be exacerbated by AI, such as copyright and privacy.
Google executives see an opportunity to shape the narrative around a technology that has stoked emerging fears of mass job loss.