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Injini opened applications on September 7 for an eight-month AI venture builder for education technology, selecting 12 teams from nine Southern African countries for a five-month build phase. Five teams will receive $25,000 each in equity-free funding for three months of incubation. Applications close on September 27.
On August 31, the 2026 Taizhou primary and secondary school students' 'First Lesson' demonstration activity was held at SanShui Junior High School in Jiangyan District, themed 'Wisdom Starts New Journey, Science Creates Future'. During the event, four Unitree robots danced with students, and Associate Professor Zhu Pengcheng from Taizhou University gave a science talk. It was revealed that AI general courses will be fully offered in primary and secondary schools in the new semester.
Recently, the AI-powered job training in Xuhui District, Shanghai concluded with 21 trainees completing a five-day program. The training used AI prompts and Agent Skill dual engines, covering self-awareness, resume optimization, and mock interviews. At the final presentation, 14 trainees received 35 pass cards and reached preliminary employment intentions.
On September 4, at the 2026 Guanggu AI Talent Conference, the 'AI Photon Plan' was released, aiming to attract and cultivate 408 AI talents over three years, covering leading teams, innovative talents, excellent engineers, and young doctors. Teams can receive up to 5 million yuan, innovative talents 1 million each, excellent engineers 500,000, and young doctors 200,000. The 'Guanggu AI FDE Talent Training Consortium' was also established to train practical talents through real industry projects.
On September 4, Wangcang County in Sichuan, a targeted assistance area of the Jiusan Society, received a donation of AI laboratory hardware and the 'Tongyu·Tonglab' teaching platform worth 10.25 million yuan. The donor is Beijing Tongyan Zhixue Education Technology Co., Ltd. With this donation, Wangcang will offer AI general education courses in all primary schools according to national plans, with supporting teacher training.
The Macau SAR government's Economic and Technological Development Bureau and the Macau Productivity and Technology Transfer Center jointly launched the 'Innovative Computing Training Pilot Program' on September 4. The program provides five-day computing application training to 28 senior managers and technical staff from certified tech companies, with participants taking the Huawei AI certification exam by month-end and visiting Huawei headquarters.
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From September 1 to 2, Zhejiang University held its 2026 summer work conference to deploy a new round of Double First-Class construction. Party Secretary Ren Shaobo and President Ma Yanming delivered reports, emphasizing the new round of technological revolution represented by artificial intelligence, proposing to deepen the reform of 'AI + education + technology + governance', promote AI-empowered education and teaching, and cultivate 'people who can create'.
On January 24, 2025, UNESCO marked the International Day of Education at UN Headquarters in New York, themed 'AI and Education: Challenges and Opportunities'. Leaders including PGA Philémon Yang and Côte d'Ivoire's Education Minister Mariatou Koné discussed AI's potential to expand access and personalize learning, while stressing ethical risks and the role of teachers. Côte d'Ivoire is introducing AI into school curricula and conducting readiness assessments with UNESCO and over 20 African nations.
