Anthropic and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are launching a $200 million, four-year partnership aimed at AI “public goods” in health and education. Anthropic will contribute technical staff and Claude AI usage credits, while Gates Foundation funding includes grants, program design and expertise. The effort targets major gaps in AI performance for African languages through improved data collection and labeling shared publicly. It also plans teacher-oriented knowledge graphs, plus projects using Claude to help predict drug candidates for HPV and preeclampsia.
Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev signed a May 12 decree to introduce artificial intelligence into the nation’s secondary education system, aiming for nationwide rollout as part of a 2026–2029 action plan. By July 1, the government will approve details covering personalized learning, digital infrastructure, teacher training, and safeguards for student personal data. Pilot projects are expected to start after proposals by June 1, with equipment and stable high-speed internet by Aug. 1. National AI standards are due by Sept. 1.
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