California College of the Arts, Northern California’s last remaining art and design college , announced today it has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the technology company Nvidia, which designs and manufactures graphics processing units and other advanced chips.

Nvidia has increasingly become central to the AI boom; as the company’s promotional materials put it: “Nvidia is the engine of the world’s AI infrastructure.”

The collaboration with CCA is described in today’s announcement as aiming to “prepare a new generation of creatives to thrive at the intersection of art, design and emerging technologies.” The partnership will include workforce development, curriculum innovation, collaborative research, and AI-arts education beyond the student body.

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