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Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

AI training pilot to upskill more than 30,000 teachers

Microsoft will take part in a trial to train teachers to use artificial intelligence technology. (Jennifer Dudley Nicholson/AAP PHOTOS)

More than 30,000 teachers could be trained in the use of artificial intelligence technology as part of a year-long trial spearheaded by US tech giant Microsoft and Australia's Future Skills Organisation.

The firms will announce the pilot program in Canberra on Wednesday in collaboration with 13 industry and education partners, and in a move designed to promote wider adoption of AI technology.

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