Google launches the London AI Campus

The AI Campus is an educational pilot to support and diversify the next generation of local AI talent. Plus, a Google.org grant of £865,000 will fund AI literacy programmes across the country.

AI has the power to change the way we fundamentally live, work, and learn, through its capacity to assist and empower people in almost every field of human endeavour. That’s why it’s important that we support the next generation in being equipped with the right digital skills to thrive.

Today, Google launched the AI Campus, with UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer attending to show his support for our groundbreaking initiative to improve digital skills in the UK in our London home and his constituency. The Campus, situated in Somers Town, Camden, has been developed in partnership with Camden Council and Camden Learning and is home to a two-year education pilot aimed to help inspire, inform, and educate local sixth form students in the field of AI.

The pilot will offer students access to cutting-edge resources on AI and machine learning, as well as offering mentoring and industry expertise from Google, Google DeepMind, and others. Students are also provided with real-world projects which connect AI to diverse fields — including health, social sciences, and the arts — to allow them to explore the range of local and global challenges that AI can be used to address.

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