WASHINGTON, D.C. – Studies show that more than half of US kids say they use artificial intelligence to help with schoolwork, but that just scratches the surface on our kid’s use of technology. This week, First Lady Melania Trump hosted an event at the United Nations for her Fostering the Future Together initiative. It aims bring nations together to empower kids through education and technology.
“Together we can open doors, move markets, shape policy, and most importantly, we can change lives for the better,” the First Lady said during the meeting. “Fostering the Future Together is more than a coalition. It is a commitment to empower children through technology and education, to ensure that every child, regardless of where they are born, has the opportunity to imagine, learn, create, and thrive.”
The White House said Fostering the Future Together is a global coalition of nations working together to empower children through technology and education. At the UN gathering, the First Lady announced more countries are joining the initiative and they are partnering with new companies.
“Artificial intelligence is transforming the entire business sector and expanding how humanity accesses the largest corpus of information ever available to humanity,” said the First Lady. “But access alone is not empowerment. We must give our children the tools and teach them how to use those tools wisely.”
There will be several upcoming events for fostering the future together including the G20 summit in Miami and a Caribbean regional meeting, just to name a few.
“Years from now, our children may not remember the meetings we held or the speeches we gave, but they will live with the consequences of what we do here,” said the First Lady. “So let history say that at the moment of extraordinary possibility, leaders from around the world came together through fostering the future together and chose to put children first.”
