Resources & Learning

AI Tennessee highlights resources and learning opportunities across Tennessee that help individuals, organizations, and communities engage with artificial intelligence. These featured programs, tools, and events support AI literacy, skill development, and responsible adoption.

Learning Opportunities

for Everyone

Selected resources that help Tennesseans explore, understand, and apply artificial intelligence in education, work, and everyday life

U.S. Department of Labor AI Literacy Framework
A national framework providing guidance for building AI literacy across the workforce and education systems

Make America AI Ready
A free, 1-week AI literacy course for every American worker — delivered entirely by text message. No laptop or internet needed. Just your phone.

THRIVE-AI
THRIVE-AI delivers interdisciplinary training in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) alongside access to National AI Research Resource (NAIRR) Pilot capabilities. Through collaborative workshops, community engagement, and strategic partnerships, the initiative tackles critical, Tennessee-specific health challenges—including chronic diseases, maternal and infant health, and care access in underserved rural and urban areas. By uniting medical, biotechnological, computational, and cyberinfrastructure expertise, THRIVE-AI fosters innovative, AI-driven solutions to improve regional health outcomes.

Bridging Minds and Machines
A Tennessee Board of Regents initiative that brings together systemwide resources for exploring and applying AI across teaching, learning, and the workplace. Includes interactive learning modules and practical tools for getting started with AI.

For K-12

Featuring K–12 programs and resources that help Tennessee students and educators build AI literacy, creativity, and critical-thinking skills

Appalachian AI Corps
Educational modules designed to empower Appalachian communities through AI and technology.

Presidential AI Challenge
A national competition for students and teachers to create AI solutions to community challenges.

CodeCrew
Memphis-based nonprofit providing K-12 students with hands-on computer science and coding education through in-school classes, after-school programs, and summer camps.

Chip Kids
An award-winning series co-produced by SCALE K-12 and East Tennessee PBS on microchip education for grades 5-8.

For Higher Education

Showcasing degree programs, minors, and certificates across Tennessee that prepare students for evolving roles in an AI-driven economy

Undergraduate Programs

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