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New York Governor Kathy Hochul announced that New York State and New York City are jointly investing $10 million to establish the AI Jobs Institute in Long Island City, Queens. The institute, designed and operated by the nonprofit organization Pursuit, aims to train up to 40,000 low-income New Yorkers for AI-related jobs by 2032. The curriculum starts with basic use of tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot, then teaches students to build AI agents that handle everyday business tasks. The report also cites CBRE data: from 2022 to 2025, the New York metropolitan area added 30,640 tech workers, bringing the total to 394,300, surpassing the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time. The institute is currently at the announcement stage, and no independent factual disclosures about subsequent operational progress are available.
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Oct 22
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New York spends $10 million to establish an AI jobs institute in Queens, aiming to train 40,000 people by 2032
New York State and New York City are investing $10 million to establish the AI Jobs Institute in Long Island City, Queens, designed and operated by the nonprofit organization Pursuit, with the goal of training up to 40,000 low-income New Yorkers for AI-related jobs by 2032. The curriculum starts with the basics of tools such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Copilot, then teaches students to build AI agents that handle everyday business tasks. A CBRE report shows that from 2022 to 2025, the New York metropolitan area added 30,640 tech workers, bringing the total to 394,300, surpassing the San Francisco Bay Area for the first time.