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 # IBM To Invest in New AI Skills Training Programme To Boost Global Workforce

 

##### Irish partners include DCU and Fastrack into Information Technology

 

 

 Jan 10, 2024 9:00 AM ET

  ![A hand typing on a laptop keyboard.](/sites/default/files/styles/carousel_2x/public/images/irishtimes_ibm_010924.jpg "IBM is backing a new AI skills programme that will focus on underrepresented communities. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire. Image courtesy of The Irish Times.") IBM is backing a new AI skills programme that will focus on underrepresented communities. Photograph: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire. Image courtesy of The Irish Times. 

 

By [Ciara O'Brien](https://www.irishtimes.com/author/ciara-obrien/)

[Originally Published by The Irish Times](https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/11/22/ibm-to-invest-in-new-ai-skills-training-programme-to-boost-global-workforce/)

IBM is to invest in a new training programme to help boost skills in artificial intelligence over the next three years, targetting 2 million learners globally by the end of 2026.

The push to close the skills gap in AI, which build on its [IBM SkillsBuild](https://skillsbuild.org/) platform, will be done through a collaboration with non-governmental organisations and partners worldwide, and focus on underrepresented communities.

Continue reading [here](https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/11/22/ibm-to-invest-in-new-ai-skills-training-programme-to-boost-global-workforce/)



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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