America’s digital economy relies on our physical infrastructure and the electricians, pipefitters, welders, manufacturing workers & more who build and maintain it. Today, we’re making an additional @googleorg commitment to help 300K American workers prepare for these in-demand skilled trades careers, expanding on the $1B we’ve already provided for digital skills and training globally.

As leaders gather this week for the AI Impact Summit in India, we're announcing new partnerships and programs to accelerate progress in improving the lives of people globally, including: -The America-India Connect initiative, which will deliver new strategic fiber-optic routes to increase digital connectivity between the U.S., India and multiple locations across the Southern Hemisphere. -A $30 million @GoogleOrg AI for Government Innovation Impact Challenge to support organizations globally that are transforming public services using AI. -A $30 million @GoogleOrg AI for Science Impact Challenge to support researchers globally who are using AI to drive scientific breakthroughs. -A @GoogleDeepMind partnership with Indian government bodies and local institutions focused on science and education, as part of Google DeepMind’s broader National Partnerships for AI initiative — working with governments to broaden access to frontier AI capabilities for national priorities. -A partnership with Karmayogi Bharat to accelerate Mission Karmayogi’s vision of building a future-ready civil service. -Plus, updates to our products, including our new live speech-to-speech translation model, new self-study features and JEE Main practice tests in the @GeminiApp for students in India and more.