Education ministry and 25 universities launch AI alliance

Taiwan’s Minister of Education Cheng Ying-yao, along with representatives of 25 universities, recently announced the establishment of the Taiwan Artificial Intelligence College Alliance to enable students to take intercollegiate courses on artificial intelligence and obtain certificates, writes Rachel Lin for the Taipei Times.

The alliance, which begins official operations in the academic year starting this month, aims to prepare more than 10,000 students with AI-related expertise in the next three years, Cheng said.

In response to an urgent demand for AI talent in Taiwan’s technology industry, universities should have AI-related undergraduate courses, Cheng said, adding that the strategy must move from competition between universities to intercollegiate cooperation and the forming of a ‘Team Taiwan’.
Full report on the Taipei Times site