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Melania Trump Launches AI Education Expansion in 57 Countries

By Drooid · Sep 23, 2026, 3:09 AM UTC · How we work

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Melania AI Education

First Lady Melania Trump announced an initiative to expand AI tools for children.
The program partners with Adobe, Amazon, Google, Intel, N50, Starlink and Zoom across 57 countries.
Google pledged $4 million to grow its AI Educator Series and provide free worldwide training.
Intel will scale AI education and digital-literacy programmes in ten countries, including Kenya.
Zoom committed $2.75 million in grants for education, workforce development and nonprofit AI readiness.

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Kimmel Mocks Melania

Jimmy Kimmel mocked Melania Trump as a possible AI on his September 21, 2026 show.
He linked her July 28, 2006 citizenship to the same day a pivotal AI paper was published.
He quoted her early-September White House AI Education Task Force speech urging AI be treated like children.
The segment revived a feud that earlier prompted the White House to ask ABC to curb Kimmel’s jokes.

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Historical Context

In December 2016 the Obama White House released “Artificial Intelligence, Automation, and the Economy,” warning of major workforce disruption. That report accompanied the October 2016 AI Strategic Plan, which set seven research priorities. Inspired by this, Melania Trump launched the 2026 AI Education Initiative, backed by Adobe, Google, Intel and others, to teach digital-literacy worldwide.

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Melania AI Education

First Lady Melania Trump announced an initiative to expand AI tools for children.
The program partners with Adobe, Amazon, Google, Intel, N50, Starlink and Zoom across 57 countries.
Google pledged $4 million to grow its AI Educator Series and provide free worldwide training.
Intel will scale AI education and digital-literacy programmes in ten countries, including Kenya.
Zoom committed $2.75 million in grants for education, workforce development and nonprofit AI readiness.

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