{"id":77096,"date":"2026-06-25T14:06:58","date_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:06:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/?p=77096"},"modified":"2026-06-25T14:07:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-25T18:07:00","slug":"raise-us-ai-workforce","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/raise-us-ai-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"New group headed by former governors promises national AI workforce &#8216;people strategy&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A workforce initiative launched Thursday by two former governors aims to prepare employers for an economy increasingly centered around artificial intelligence technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program, called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.raiseus.ai\/\">RAISE US<\/a>, is being led by Gina Raimondo, the former Rhode Island governor who served as Joe Biden\u2019s commerce secretary, and Eric Holcomb, a Republican who served two terms as Indiana\u2019s governor. According to a press release, the new group will \u201cpartner with governors, employers, workers, and training organizations to help the American workforce make a successful transition to an AI economy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Transitioning to an AI economy will reportedly include the \u201cdesign and pilot new corporate incentives to retrain and redeploy workers, new approaches to support people through job transitions, and new training models tied to changing employer demand.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative claims partnerships with Arkansas, Connecticut, Maryland and Utah, aimed at developing \u201cconcrete programs,\u201d such as one in Arkansas that connects students and jobseekers to careers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new program also boasts of its corporate partnerships, such as with Amazon, Anthropic, Bank of America, Microsoft and the OpenAI Foundation. According to press materials, the organization has so far secured more than $500 million in commitments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raimondo, who will serve as the group\u2019s chief executive, said the group will organize a bipartisan \u201cpeople strategy\u201d to be integrated with the nation\u2019s AI ambitions: \u201cIf we build the best AI systems in the world and leave millions of Americans behind, we won\u2019t have won anything; we\u2019ll have automated our own decline. I believe AI will create new jobs and industries over time, but the transition could be disruptive, and it\u2019s already underway. We shouldn\u2019t fearmonger, but we can\u2019t pretend our training and worker support systems are ready either. 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