Amazon launches the Alexa Young Innovator Challenge

Amazon is launching the inaugural Alexa Young Innovator Challenge, a new educational programme for secondary school pupils to create an Alexa Skill to promote social good in their community.

The programme, designed to inspire young people about the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI), will provide teachers and educators with free, curriculum-based lesson plans and materials to engage students, while supporting the development of AI learning in UK classrooms.

The Alexa Young Innovator Challenge launches as new research – commissioned by Amazon from Capital Economics – reveals that jobs that require computer science, AI, or Machine Learning skills are expected to increase by 40% in the next five years…