New group aims to help people adapt to AI job losses

Key Points:

• A new bipartisan nonprofit, RAISE US, has been launched with over $500 million to support American workers facing job displacement due to AI automation by focusing on education, training, and partnerships with states and major employers.
• Founded by former Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and former Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb, RAISE US aims to pilot programs in Arkansas, Maryland, Utah, and Connecticut to help workers transition to new careers and explore policy changes such as corporate tax incentives.
• The initiative includes partnerships with major companies like Amazon, Microsoft, OpenAI, and others, and features an advisory board with prominent figures from politics, business, labor, and academia to guide AI workforce adaptation strategies.
• Experts warn that AI could reshape or eliminate millions of U.S. jobs across various sectors, but current education and labor policies are ill-equipped to handle the rapid changes, emphasizing the need for skills like curiosity and intellectual flexibility.
• Raimondo stresses the urgency of state-led innovation in workforce policies as Congress may be slow to act, hoping that successful state programs can influence future federal legislation to better prepare the workforce for an AI-driven economy.