At Google’s San Francisco offices Thursday, Gov. Gavin Newsom announced a joint effort with four top tech companies to better prepare California’s students for the future of work.

At a time when hundreds of thousands of tech workers are losing their jobs to layoffs, California is teaming up with Microsoft, Google, IBM and Adobe to help students and teachers get up to speed on generative AI.

“The world in many ways is now competing against us, and we’ve got to step up our game,” Newsom said.

The agreements will bring the companies’ free AI training — along with software, certification programs and internship opportunities — into California’s high schools, community colleges and California State University campuses.

The companies already offer an array of educational services natio

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