First Lady Melania Trump convened the second White House Task Force meeting on AI Education in the East Room on September 4, 2025, highlighting AI’s profound influence on the economy and education. The gathering included prominent tech executives like Google’s Sundar Pichai and IBM’s Arvind Krishna, who announced major initiatives: Google committed $150 million to education and job training, while IBM pledged to equip 2 million American workers with AI skills.
Trump introduced the Presidential AI Challenge, a nationwide contest for K-12 students designed to encourage innovation and responsible AI application, aligning with her Be Best initiative and aiming to prepare young Americans for an AI-centric future. This effort builds on a draft executive order from April 2025, which proposed embedding AI in K-12 education through a task force led by Michael Kratsios, director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and involving key cabinet members.
The meeting reflects the Trump administration’s strategy to harness AI for economic advancement, supported by data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis indicating AI’s contribution to boosting America’s GDP.