Poynter’s MediaWise launches new AI literacy initiative in collaboration with the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation
AI literacy is a skill that citizens of the world need to possess. Recently, The World Economic Forum identified AI literacy as a measurement of a nation’s success, going as far to state that differing levels in citizens’ AI literacy will be how nations are measured against one another. MediaWise, the nonprofit Poynter Institute’s digital media literacy initiative, and the Patrick J. McGovern Foundation are working to educate global citizens with AI literacy skills.
MediaWise is excited to announce it is expanding its AI literacy resources with its new initiative: alt+Ignite: Fuel Curiosity, Elevate Your AI Literacy. As a global AI literacy leader empowering journalists, news consumers, older adults and young people, MediaWise is equipping citizens — training at least 3,000 people across 50 countries in 2025 — with AI literacy and ethics knowledge.
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