Google.org has committed $4.6m (€3.97m) to expand artificial intelligence education across Latin America, partnering with the Raspberry Pi Foundation to scale its Experience AI programme across nine countries, as reported by EdTech Innovation Hub.

The funding will support rollout in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, Peru and Uruguay, with a target of reaching 1.25 million students by 2028 through structured skills development and responsible AI use.

Delivery follows a train-the-trainer model, with the Raspberry Pi Foundation working with local nonprofit organisations to prepare 24,000 educators, embedding capability within national education systems rather than relying on standalone interventions.

Experience AI, co-developed with Google DeepMind, provides teaching materials for students aged 11 to 14 covering how AI systems function, media literacy, responsible use of generative AI tools, data use and critical evaluation of AI outputs.

Alejandro Almazan Zimerman, head of Google for Education for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, said the focus has shifted from access to understanding. "Artificial intelligence is already in the classroom," he said. "The challenge now is how we accompany the new generations so that they not only use it, but understand it and build it."

Eleonora Rabinovich, director of Government Affairs and Public Policy at Google Hispanic America, said the ambition is deliberate. "Our goal is ambitious, but vital: to reach 1.25 million students by 2028," she said.

Alongside the school-focused funding, Google hosted its first AI Education Summit for Latin American higher education at its Mountain View headquarters, bringing together 58 representatives from 35 universities representing more than 5.5 million students to discuss AI research, implementation and institutional strategy.

Read the full scope of Google's Latin America AI education strategy in the original report.