What happened
Former Indiana governor Eric Holcomb and former Rhode Island governor Gina Raimondo launched RAISE US, a nonprofit coalition announced yesterday, to convene AI companies, employers, philanthropies, and educators to prepare the workforce for an AI economy and create AI-resilient jobs.
Why it matters
Raimondo stated that the country lacks concrete, practical solutions to manage the transition to an AI economy without high unemployment. The coalition addresses a problem she argues is not being effectively tackled, though it may also provide cover to tech companies driving job disruption while avoiding accountability metrics and regulation.
What to watch
The coalition is weighted heavily toward tech players like Amazon, Anthropic, Microsoft, and the OpenAI Foundation—companies experiencing and driving job disruption. Holcomb and Raimondo bring firsthand experience with job-market transitions; a 2021 Brookings study found Indiana's job growth came largely in low-wage sectors as middle-wage jobs disappeared.
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