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Diplomacy Previous Administration Archives Foreign Relations of the United States National Museum of American Diplomacy Art in Embassies Administrative The Secretary of State Deputy Secretary of State Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Biographies of Senior Officials Directories Contact Us Telephone Directory U.S. Ambassadors U.S. Embassies and Other Posts Country Offices Directory Key Officers of Foreign Service Posts Diplomats in Residence # United States and Eight Companies Launch the Partnership for Global Inclusivity on AI Office of the Spokesperson Today in New York City, on the margins of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Secretary of State Antony Blinken launched the Partnership for Global Inclusivity on AI and announced other initiatives to harness the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI) to advance sustainable development globally.
The Partnership for Global Inclusivity on AI (PGIAI) brings together the Department of State, Amazon, Anthropic, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI.
Together they commit more than $100 million leveraging their combined expertise, resources, and networks to unlock AI’s potential as a powerful tool for sustainable development and improved quality of life in developing countries, while maintaining an unwavering commitment to safety, security, and trustworthiness in AI systems.
This effort recognizes that effective and equitable AI solutions must be rooted in an understanding and respect for the diverse cultures, languages, and traditions of the communities they serve. To this end, the PGIAI will focus on three areas: 1) Compute:increasing access to AI models, compute credit, and other AI tools; 2) Capacity: building human technical capacity; and 3) Context: expanding local datasets.
In conjunction with the Partnership, Secretary Blinken announced: * **The Department of State intends to provide $10 million in Foreign Assistance**, subject to the availability of funds, to close the AI access gap and promote the objectives of the Partnership, including access to compute credits.
* **The Department of State plans to provide an additional $23 million in funding,**working with Congress, to promote the responsible use and governance of AI globally, among other objectives, to include programs that leverage AI tools to help countries achieve the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Examples of these programs include: * **Over $12 million**for programs using AI as a tool to advance democracy, promote human and labor rights, and foster justice and accountability. * **Approximately $5 million in Education and Cultural Exchanges**funding for programs that contribute to AI capacity building.
These include academic programs, professional and cultural exchanges, private sector exchanges, as well as policy and monitoring evaluation learning and innovation activities. * **Over $3 million**for programs that employ AI to identify mis- and disinformation and prevent online hate from spreading to offline violence for members of religious minority communities. * **A $1.
2 million project**to develop a Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy AI Policy Framework and Ecosystem in member states of the Organization of American States. * **$1. 3 million**to launch USAID’s Responsible AI funding to conduct AI-related programs through the Digital Forward mechanism.
Participating companies announced the following commitments: * **Amazon Web Services:**Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced a donation of $10 million in credits in support of this partnership to help close the AI access gap around the world.
Amazon is committed to offering skills training to empower the next generation of innovators and has already trained over 31 million learners across 200 countries and territories in cloud computing skills.
Additionally, AWS has committed to provide free AI-specific skills training to two million more people globally by 2025—underscoring Amazon’s commitment to cultivating an inclusive, diverse pipeline of cloud talent to drive innovation. * **Anthropic:**AI models can play a crucial role in supporting and accelerating developing countries’ work to address SDGs and better support their citizens.
As part of the Partnership for Global Inclusivity on AI, Anthropic will provide up to $1 million in API access to Claude and Claude for Teams to government projects focused on improving citizen services, advancing democracy, and supporting the UN sustainable development goals. * **Google:**Google is providing $120 million to support a Global AI Opportunity Fund to make AI education and training available throughout the world.
Google is partnering with nonprofit and civil society organizations to provide training in local languages based on foundational AI courses designed by Google and others. This is in addition to $275 million in Google.
org funding to support development of AI solutions to address the SDGs as well as Research efforts, which include Flood Forecasting in over 80 countries, wildfire detection, and AlphaFold which is being used by over 2 million scientists in over 190 countries toward novel research. Of this, $10 million will specifically support the aims of the MOU signed today with the US State Department.
In addition, Google has announced a number of submarine cable investments over the last year that will expand the reach, reliability, and resilience of the global internet. This includes Umoja, the first submarine cable connecting Africa directly to Australia. These cables provide vital connectivity, driving economic growth and job creation.
* **IBM:**IBM believes AI is the transformative technology of our time, and that the world needs innovation, access to technology and partnerships like this, to create a more sustainable and equitable future.
To help vulnerable populations address environmental challenges, this year, we have extended our pledge through the IBM Sustainability Accelerator to provide up to $45 million in expertise and technologies, such as AI, by the end of 2028.
In addition, we work with organizations such as NASA and UNDP to develop valuable data sets and make them more accessible – including in developing countries – for earth science research and energy equity. We also continue our commitment to train two million learners in AI globally by 2026, helping to democratize AI opportunity and close the growing skills gap.
We are making progress towards this goal through our IBM SkillsBuild program providing the following: AI training to education organizations and adult learners, access to technology, and opportunities for university students to apply IBM’s watsonx technology to create real-world AI solutions. * **Meta:**In 2024 and 2025, Meta will invest more than $10 million in programmatic support globally to expand open-source AI innovation.
With this investment, they will increase access to open-source AI globally, including in Latin America, Africa, Middle East and Asia by: offering grants, training and ad credits to developers and organizations leveraging Meta’s Llama 3 and Llama 3. 1 models for social impact projects; and by funding global trainings on open-source AI and Llama to small businesses and governments.
Meta has invested billions to make AI open and accessible, including through their Fundamental AI Research Lab. Meta, UNESCO and Hugging Face also announced a collaboration to leverage Meta’s “No Language Left Behind” model to deliver translations in 200 languages, including indigenous languages.
Meta has made over 200 datasets publicly available, including AI-powered population and poverty maps helping accelerate access to water, electrification and financial assistance throughout the global south. * **Microsoft:**In 2024 and 2025, Microsoft is contributing to the Partnership for Global Inclusivity on AI by investing more than $12 billion in AI data center infrastructure, connectivity, and skilling in the Global South.
In Southeast Asia, Africa, and Latin America, the company is expanding and building new datacenters, boosting cybersecurity capacity, providing broad digital skilling at scale, nonprofit technical and financial support, and local R&D.
Partnering with local providers, the company’s Airband Initiative aims to provide broadband connectivity for 250 million unserved and underserved people in the Global South, including 100 million in Africa. During this same time frame, it will provide AI and digital skilling for five million people in the Global South.
* **Nvidia:**NVIDIA is committed to democratizing AI and empowering businesses and governments around the world to harness the transformational power of AI. NVIDIA works with startups, universities, and developers in every region to help them build and grow local AI ecosystems and develop innovative solutions to some of society’s biggest challenges.
Under this partnership, NVIDIA will provide $10m/year in training programs to upskill developers and IT professionals in emerging economies. NVIDIA also provides compute credits and hardware grants for higher education research to universities around the world.
Through NVIDIA’s global Inception program, NVIDIA supports nearly 5,000 start-ups in emerging economies with technical expertise, go-to-market support, hardware and software discounts, and access to free cloud computing credits provided through NVIDIA partners. In 2024 alone, this program has mobilized more than $60 million in free cloud compute credits for start-ups in emerging economies.
* **OpenAI:**OpenAI is launching the OpenAI Academy, which will invest in developers and organizations in low- and middle-income countries who are leveraging AI to help solve hard problems and spur economic growth in their communities. To support this initiative, OpenAI will distribute an initial $1 million in API credits and provide training and technical guidance.
Our goal is to support the creation of thriving AI ecosystems around the world by ensuring broad access to the technology and empowering those developing innovative new ways of using it.
Secretary Blinken also announced the official release of the**Global AI Research Agenda**and**AI in Global Development Playbook**– two complementary documents developed by the U.S. government to foster future research collaborations on AI and guide the development community in leveraging AI to advance progress in addressing global development challenges.
He also highlighted theRisk Management Profile for AI and Human Rights, released in July 2024, which provides concrete recommendations on assessing and managing the human rights impacts of AI technologies. These new announcements add to the U. S government’s ongoing efforts to promote inclusivity, respect for human rights, digital solidarity, and equitable access to the benefits of AI globally.
In 2023, the U.S. government announced $15 million in foreign assistance funding at the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly to build global capacity to develop and govern AI in ways that advance the Sustainable Development Goals. In March 2024, the UN General Assembly adopted its first-ever resolution on AI, introduced by the United States.
In September 2024, the United States signed the Council of Europe’s Framework Convention in Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights, Democracy, and the Rule of Law, underscoring the importance we place on respect for human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in the context of AI.
The Department of State and the Department of Commerce will launch the International Network of AI Safety Institutes in San Francisco in November 2024 to advance the science of AI safety. For further information, please contact**CDP-Press@state. gov**or visit the Artificial Intelligence page.
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The United States Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs’ Office of International Visitors (ECA/PE/V) announces an open competition for up to four cooperative agreements to support the staff expenses and overhead costs of the FY 2026 International Visitor Leadership Program’s (IVLP) National Program Agencies (NPAs). Launched in 1940, the IVLP is the Department of State’s foundational professional exchange program. The IVLP advances U.S. national security priorities and builds long-term relationships between Americans and international leaders in government, business, academia, and other fields. Recipients design and implement customized short-term visits to the United States for current and emerging leaders from around the world. These visits support U.S. foreign policy goals and reflect the participants’ professional interests. Eligible recipients will have expertise in foreign policy, experience in professional exchange programming, and the ability to provide tailored projects for participants from all countries. Please see the full NOFO for additional information. Funding Opportunity Number: DFOP0017385. Assistance Listing: 19.402. Funding Instrument: CA. Category: O. Award Amount: $613K – $1.2M per award.
Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund (CDAF) is sponsored by U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. Citizen Diplomacy Action Fund (CDAF) is a small grants competition funded by the U. S. Department of State through IREX, offering up to $10,000 to alumni of U. S. Government exchange programs.