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Google pumps $1B into AI education and job training

Google has announced a new project that includes providing free training resources to all college students in the United States.

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Federal agencies can buy ChatGPT for $1; New deal with AWS brings $1B in potential credits for agencies

OpenAI said its ChatGPT Enterprise product will be available to the entire federal government workforce at “essentially no cost” for one year.

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