Google Launches AI Accelerator to Fund Nonprofits Using AI for Social Good

• Google.org is launching an accelerator program to fund and train nonprofits on using generative AI tools for social good projects. Participants include the World Bank.

• Google has previously funded experimental AI projects like an AI mental health coach for veterans. It released an AI Opportunity Agenda last year.

• The accelerator's first cohort includes 21 nonprofits working on AI assistants, tutors, career coaches, and more in various industries.

• Beneficiaries include low-income individuals, first-generation college students, immigrants, and more.

• Tools aim to increase access to government benefits, health information, education, employment help, translation services, and research findings.