Newsom, Google and tech partners sign MOUs to expand AI training across California

Governor Gavin Newsom and leaders from Google, Microsoft, Adobe and IBM signed five memoranda of understanding at a Google-hosted event in San Francisco to expand artificial intelligence education, teacher training and workforce pathways across the state.

The agreements, announced at the event and described by participants as memoranda of understanding (MOUs), link state higher-education systems — the California Community Colleges and the California State University system — with private-sector training, curricula and credentialing programs intended to accelerate AI literacy and job pathways.

"Google has proudly called California home for more than 2 decades," said the managing director of Google Public Sector's state and local government and education team, outlining Google offerings including no-cost AI training for Californians and a product-agnostic prompting course. The Google speaker…