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.

Teachers and school staff will learn about AI at a Manhattan training hub in a program created by the American Federation of Teachers.

Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic have launched a $23 million initiative to train 400,000 K–12 teachers in AI over five years.