Google offers online course in jobs push amid concerns about AI


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 17 Jan 2018

LAS VEGAS, NV - JANUARY 10: Attendees visit the Google booth during CES 2018 at the Las Vegas Convention Center on January 9, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada. CES, the world's largest annual consumer technology trade show, runs through January 12 and features about 3,900 exhibitors showing off their latest products and services to more than 170,000 attendees. Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

Alphabet Inc’s Google is launching a new online education program to certify people for work in information technology support, part of the Internet giant’s philanthropic push around job training. 

Google has poured billions into artificial intelligence, a technology that many expect will render jobs across several fields obsolete. Last year, Google chief executive officer Sundar Pichai introduced a companywide initiative focused on employment. He announced Google would give US$1bil (RM3.96bil) over five years to nonprofits in the field. 

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