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AI tools have become deeply embedded in how many students learn and complete schoolwork--and that usage is only poised to increase. On Tuesday, the American Federation of Teachers announced an AI training hub for educators, backed by 23 million from Microsoft, OpenAI, and Anthropic. The AFT is the second-largest teachers' union, representing 1.8 million teachers and educational staffers across the country. Their training hub will open in New York City this fall, featuring workshops that will educate teachers on how to use AI tools for tasks like generating lesson plans and quizzes, or writing emails to parents. Microsoft is providing 12.5 million for AI teacher training over the next five years.

Microsoft and OpenAI are planning to announce Tuesday that they are helping to launch an AI training center for members of the second-largest teachers' union in the US, according to details about the initiative that appear to have been inadvertently published early on YouTube. The National Academy for AI Instruction will be based in New York City and aims to equip kindergarten up to 12th grade instructors in the American Federation of Teachers with "the tools and confidence to bring AI into the classroom in a way that supports learning and opportunity for all students," according to the description of a publicly accessible YouTube livestream scheduled for Tuesday morning. The YouTube page also lists Anthropic, which develops the Claude chatbot, as a collaborator on what's described as a 22.5 million initiative to bring free "AI training and curriculum" to teachers. The three AI companies and the union did not immediately respond to requests for comment about the information released on YouTube. On Monday, Microsoft and the union declined to share details ahead of an announcement planned for Tuesday morning in New York.