LONDON, Sept. 6,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Multiverse, the British
EdTech that uses skills diagnostics and applied learning programs
to unlock economic opportunity, today announced the formation of
its Artificial Intelligence Advisory Board. The board, composed of
luminaries from academia and industry, will provide strategic
guidance on Multiverse's use of AI to identify skills gaps, enable
career mobility, and deliver high-quality, personalised learning at
scale.
The rapid advancement of generative artificial intelligence has
radically reshaped the world of work, necessitating an entirely new
set of in-demand skills. However, the current education-to-
employment system has struggled to keep pace, resulting in a
transition that is both economically inefficient and socially
inequitable.
"AI is creating profound change in the skills that both
companies and societies need to be successful," said Euan Blair, founder and CEO of Multiverse. "At
Multiverse we believe this shift has AI as both the provocation and
the solution - new educational tools built on gen AI are opening
access to personalised training at scale, and done right we can use
the benefits of AI to drive large scale reskilling programs and
mitigate the job losses the technology otherwise might bring. Our
AI Advisory Board massively expands the range of expertise we can
rely on, and will be instrumental in ensuring we stay at the
forefront of this transformation."
The board brings together recognized experts in AI, computer
science, workforce development, and education. It includes:
- Professor Mehran Sahami, Professor and Chair of the
Computer Science department at Stanford
University
- Kersti Kaljulaid, former
President of Estonia (2016 -
2021)
- Professor Michael Wooldridge, Head of the Department of
Computer Science at the University of
Oxford
- Derrick Hastie, Chief Technology
Officer at Legal & General Investment Management
- Anne Devlin, former Global Head
of Learning for JPMorgan Chase AWM
- Dame Wendy Hall, Regius
Professor of Computer Science at the University of Southampton
- Doug Gurr, Chair of the Alan
Turing Institute and former Country Manager of Amazon UK
"AI is profoundly transforming education, said Kersti Kaljulaid, former President of
Estonia and global technology
leader. "Multiverse is leading the way down one of the promising
paths. As we explore the application of AI to increasingly complex
tasks, it's thrilling to have a front seat on this journey."
Multiverse's unique platform identifies, solves, and prevents
skills gaps, enabling people to develop at all career stages by
equipping them with in-demand skills in AI, data science, software
engineering and more. Through its acquisition of Searchlight
earlier this year, Multiverse gained the ability to diagnose
organisational skills gaps at scale, recommend targeted
interventions, and deliver them through applied learning programs
like apprenticeships. To date, the company has trained over 16,000
professional apprentices and generated more than $2 billion in ROI for its clients.
The formation of the AI Advisory Board comes on the heels of the
successful launch of Multiverse Atlas in February. Atlas is an
AI-powered coach offering personalised, on-demand support to
Multiverse apprentices. Early analysis shows Atlas has achieved
adoption rates of over 40% and usefulness ratings exceeding 91%
across all demographics.
"Our early results with Atlas demonstrate that when designed
thoughtfully, AI can meaningfully expand access to world-class
education in an equitable way," said Ujjwal
Singh, Chief Technology Officer at Multiverse. "With the
guidance of our AI Advisory Board, we will double down on our
efforts to harness this powerful technology to drive economic
opportunity for individuals and workforce transformation for
organisations."
The Multiverse AI Advisory Board will meet quarterly, with
additional ad hoc sessions as needed. Its initial priorities
include developing governance principles for the ethical
development and deployment of AI, identifying opportunities for
product innovation and enhancement, the content of Multiverse's AI
offering, and showcasing Multiverse's industry leadership and
thought partnership on AI's workforce implications.
"We are at a critical inflection point in the world of work,"
said Annie Devlin, former Global Head of Learning at JP Morgan
AWM. "We became obsessed with 'where' our people were working but
we should be much more curious about 'how' people work—which tools
they use to augment what they can produce on their own. Imagine
having the best manager you have ever had next to you, nudging you
and guiding you when you are stuck or bored and need a boost?
That's the potential AI brings to the knowledge worker of tomorrow.
And it requires a whole other level of skills training than most
employers offer today."
About Multiverse
Multiverse is a tech company that identifies, closes and
prevents skills gaps, through personalized, on-the-job learning.
They partner with over 1,500 companies in the US & UK to
deliver skills that enable business transformation, and economic
opportunity for individuals.
Their focus areas include AI, tech and data skills, for people
of any age and any career stage. Multiverse learners have driven
$2bn + ROI for their employers, using
the skills they've learnt to improve productivity and measurable
performance.
In June 2022, they announced a
$220 million Series D funding round
co-led by StepStone Group, Lightspeed Venture Partners and General
Catalyst. With a post-money valuation of $1.7 billion, the round makes the company the
UK's first EdTech unicorn.
For more information, please visit www.multiverse.io
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