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Gina Raimondo’s new $500 million plan to help workers survive the AI economy

The former U.S. commerce secretary’s Raise Us initiative brings together governors, employers, and tech leaders to rethink job training before AI displacement accelerates.

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On June 25, former U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo launched Raise Us, an initiative to confront what she calls America’s missing piece: a people strategy to match its technology strategy. Raimondo explains how she built a $500 million war chest, secured bipartisan backing, and signed up launch partners from Bank of America to Anthropic........

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