{"id":292337,"date":"2026-05-14T04:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/292337\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T04:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T04:46:10","slug":"microsoft-hosts-el-paso-summit-on-preparing-texas-communities-for-ai-economy-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/292337\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft hosts El Paso summit on preparing Texas communities for AI economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 As Texas communities look for ways to stay competitive in the AI economy, Microsoft is bringing a workforce development summit to El Paso on Tuesday, focused on how communities can prepare for what\u2019s next.<\/p>\n<p>The two-day summit aims to highlight how Artificial Intelligence can be applied in the workforce to help drive development. <\/p>\n<p>According to Microsoft, the borderland has already begun to serve as an example of how regions without a major tech hub can build momentum in the AI era.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, the launch of Microsoft\u2019s TechSpark program and expanded computer science education in the area have increased the number of high schools from 4 to 40.<\/p>\n<p>The El Paso Innovation Hub has trained more than 10,000 residents and supported more than 500 local businesses with digital and AI skills.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers say the work underway along the El Paso\u2013Ju\u00e1rez border reflects broader challenges many communities are facing, including strengthening education pipelines and helping small businesses adapt to new technology.  <\/p>\n<p>RECOMMENDED: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/news\/local\/el-paso-airport-launches-qr-code-ai-powered-parking-system-with-metropolis-partnership?src=link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">El Paso airport launches AI-powered parking system with Metropolis partnership<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cbs4local.com\/sign-up\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up<\/a> to receive the top interesting stories from in and around our community once daily in your inbox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"EL PASO, TEXAS (KFOX14\/CBS4) \u2014 As Texas communities look for ways to stay competitive in the AI economy,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":290230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-292337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/290230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}