On the first day of A.I. Camp at California State University, students like Savannah Bosley received a hands-on introduction to Amazon Bedrock, a system for building artificial intelligence apps. Bosley, a recent computer science graduate from California Polytechnic State University, attended the five-day program held at the Cal Poly campus in San Luis Obispo. The camp, powered by Amazon Web Services, attracted dozens of students who practiced A.I. skills using AWS Jam, a training app, and listened to Amazon employees discuss company principles like “Think Big.”
Cal State, the largest U.S. university system with 460,000 students, is collaborating with tech giants like Amazon, OpenAI, and Nvidia to become the nation’s “first and largest A.I.-empowered” university. The initiative aims to integrate generative A.I. tools across its 22 campuses and prepare students for A.I.-driven careers. As part of this effort, Cal State is investing $16.9 million in OpenAI’s ChatGPT Edu for over half a million students and staff, marking the world’s largest rollout of ChatGPT to date.
According to the New York Times, Cal State has also formed an A.I. committee with representatives from major tech companies to identify skills needed by California employers and enhance students’ career opportunities.
The A.I. Camp at Cal Poly is part of the university’s broader initiative to develop A.I. workforce capabilities and accelerate technological innovation across California. Students worked in collaborative teams to tackle real-world challenges, applying core A.I. skills to solve problems and pitching their ideas for prizes at the end of the week. The program aims to position participants at the forefront of California’s rapidly growing A.I. industry.
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