One of the largest tech companies in the world is creating a program to get more skilled trade workers—and fast.
Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram, and other social media apps, announced Monday that it is launching America’s Workforce Academy, a training program designed to keep up with the ever-growing demand for AI.
“The AI revolution is bringing change but also historic opportunities,” said Dina Powell McCormick, Meta’s president and vice-chairman. “Skilled workers electrified rural America one pole at a time. They manned the factories that built the arsenal that won World War II. Now a new generation will pour the foundations and lay the fiber that secures American strength in this new age.”…