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Code.org replaces 'Hour of Code' with AI-focused program

Code.org is replacing its popular 'Hour of Code' with a new 'Hour of AI' initiative, alongside developing an 'AI Foundations' course for high school students launching this fall. The program blends ...
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Code.org pivots to AI literacy as coding landscape shifts

Code.org, once synonymous with the 'learn to code' movement, is reorienting its mission as AI tools increasingly automate coding tasks. The nonprofit is integrating AI literacy into its curricula, ...
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Code.org CEO rips NY Times for stoking ‘populist fears’ over computer science jobs and AI

Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi during an event in Seattle in July, announcing a new “Hour of AI” campaign to demystify AI in the spirit of the group’s past “Hour of Code” initiatives. (GeekWire Photo / ...
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Code.org Initiative to Expand Digital Literacy Beyond Coding

Over a decade after introducing students to the fundamentals of computer science through its Hour of Code campaign, education nonprofit Code.org is broadening its reach with a new program that bridges ...
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Code.org gets $15 million from Facebook

SAN FRANCISCO — Code.org is getting a $15 million cash infusion from Facebook over the next five years to teach more young women and underrepresented minorities how to code. At Facebook, only 17% of ...