{"id":204604,"date":"2026-03-04T23:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/204604\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T23:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T23:09:07","slug":"new-center-expands-public-ai-education-in-san-jose-calif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/204604\/","title":{"rendered":"New Center Expands Public AI Education in San Jose, Calif."},"content":{"rendered":"

In a unique partnership between city and university, officials have opened the AI Center for Civic and Social Good to expand public access to AI<\/a> education tools and research, at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library in San Jose, Calif.<\/p>\n

As local governments prioritize digital equity and AI<\/a>, they themselves are increasingly playing a key role<\/a> in expanding AI education opportunities. In Long Beach, Calif.,<\/a> a series of workshops offered AI education for the public, and city officials said partnering with public libraries could help scale<\/a> that work. Libraries, too, play an essential role<\/a> in bridging digital inequities; and here, AI is seen as the next frontier<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the AI Center for Civic and Social Good, we\u2019re building on AI for All and our workforce upskilling efforts to give every resident the tools, skills and opportunity to thrive in the AI era,\u201d San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan said in a statement<\/a>, referencing the city\u2019s previous initiatives to expand AI skills \u2014 serving both city staff<\/a> and residents<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The library came about through a collaboration between the city of San Jose and San Jose State University (SJSU) and it offers joint services to both San Jose residents and SJSU students and faculty. The AI Center for Civic and Social Good, located on the first floor of that library, will also serve both groups.<\/p>\n

Through it, the partners hope to strengthen opportunities for learning and innovation in the community by offering a variety of AI literacy programs \u2014 all of which will be free to the public and serve literacy levels ranging from beginner to advanced. The center, which builds on other community digital equity initiatives by expanding access to emerging technology and education opportunities, will allow drop-in hours when the lab is open, for students and library cardholders. Laptops will also be made available for use in the center.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe AI Center extends our commitment to providing free access to multilingual digital literacy resources and supportive programming that empowers individuals at every stage of learning,\u201d San Jose City Librarian Jill Bourne said in a statement. It is expected to strengthen existing relationships with organizations including The Tech Interactive, and help expand youth programming by introducing foundational machine learning skills.<\/p>\n

The center\u2019s opening day demonstrations Tuesday included an AI-enabled flight simulation by the SJSU Aviation and Technology Department. City leaders shared how AI tools can improve efficiency and service delivery.<\/p>\n

Community members can share feedback, which will be used to guide programming and workshops, on the AI Center\u2019s website<\/a>, which also has information about open lab hours starting April 6.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In a unique partnership between city and university, officials have opened the AI Center for Civic and Social…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":204605,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-204604","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-san-jose","9":"tag-san-jose-headlines","10":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204604\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}