STARKVILLE, Miss. (WCBI) – Artificial Intelligence is everywhere, and it’s not going away. A statewide initiative is helping students and businesses learn to work with it.

The Mississippi AI Network, or MAIN, is a network connecting Mississippi’s public universities, elementary and secondary schools, government agencies, and businesses to collaborate and learn to use artificial intelligence and advance it across the state.

MAIN hosts free courses that cover many aspects of AI and provide those who take them with digital badges or certificates upon completion.

Lara Taylor, the Project Manager at Co-Work at The Hub and The Idea Shop, says knowing how to use AI is vital, and training needs to start early, but for younger learners, there needs to be some guardrails.

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