F ee five-day Age tic AI Academy teaches commu ity college lea e s to build AI age ts fo the wo kplace, featu i g a tool f om wo ke advocacy g oup Lift Ou Voices
BLOOMINGTON, I d., Oct. 19, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Ma k Cuba Fou datio ’s Age tic AI Academy makes its I dia a debut today at Ivy Tech Commu ity College i Bloomi gto . The f ee five-day pilot u s Oct. 19-23 a d teaches commu ity college lea e s to build a d use AI age ts, with o tech ical backg ou d equi ed.
The Academy is the Fou datio ’s fi st p og am fo adult lea e s. It lau ched i August at Dallas College a d builds o the Fou datio ’s AI Bootcamp fo high school stude ts i g ades i e th ough 12. The pilot gives pa ticula atte tio to lea e s i the t ades a d i commu ities with less access to AI t ai i g.
Each half-day sessio ce te s o a esult stude ts ca apply di ectly to thei jobs. O e of the age ts’ pa ticipa ts builds wo k as a pe so al ca ee coach, helpi g a pe so map whe e they sta d ow a d what it will take to each thei goals. By F iday, eve y pa ticipa t will have a set of wo ki g AI age ts desig ed a ou d thei ow pla s.
“Commu ity colleges a e i eve y egio ac oss the cou t y, ofte i places that a e ot se ved by othe educatio al i stitutio s,” said Cha lotte Du ga , Chief Lea i g Office at the Ma k Cuba Fou datio . “By b i gi g Age tic AI to small busi ess ow e s, commu ity membe s a d stude ts who a e e te i g o e-e te i g the wo kfo ce, we ca expa d who is empowe ed to use Age tic AI.”
O e module of the cu iculum uses the LOV Whe e You Wo k AI Tool, a f ee esou ce f om wo ke advocacy o p ofit Lift Ou Voices. The tool sca s employme t co t acts a d o boa di g pape wo k fo hidde o disclosu e ag eeme ts a d fo ced a bit atio clauses. Stude ts test it o a sample co t act, the model how each pa ty might espo d to what it fi ds.
“Fo so ma y you g people sta ti g thei fi st jobs, employme t co t acts ca be i timidati g a d difficult to u de sta d. Th ough ou pa t e ship with the Ma k Cuba Fou datio , stude ts lea to use ou f ee, bili gual LOV Whe e You Wo k AI Tool that t a slates complex legalese i to plai la guage, ide tifies ha mful sile ci g mecha isms like NDAs a d fo ced a bit atio that ca co ceal misco duct, a d teaches wo ke s how to advocate fo fai e co t acts,” said G etche Ca lso a d Julie Rogi sky, Co-Fou de s of Lift Ou Voices. “We we e th illed to lau ch this p og am i Dallas, a d seei g it expa d to I dia a mea s eve mo e you g people ca e te the wo kfo ce i fo med, co fide t a d empowe ed f om the ve y begi i g of thei ca ee s.”
This p og am is facilitated with suppo t f om Ma k Cuba Fou datio ’s media pa t e , Notified, a globally t usted tech ology pa t e fo i vesto elatio s, public elatio s a d ma keti g p ofessio als.
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