Uzbekistan trains citizens in artificial intelligence skills
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Uzbekistan is increasing access to artificial intelligence education through multiple programs across the country.
At the Digital Education Forum 2026 in Tashkent, Umida Odilova of IT Park Uzbekistan presented initiatives to expand AI skills training. The “5 Million AI Leaders” program has already enrolled 1.3 million people in free online courses covering AI, machine learning, cloud technology, and data science. Uzbekistan’s universities are developing artificial intelligence laboratories and the “Al-Khwarizmi Successors” program has trained 8,000 students in AI and programming.
The country is also partnering with international companies like AWS and Samsung to provide training to over 2,000 students each year in areas like cloud computing and cybersecurity. The World Bank is supporting the Digital Inclusion project, which recently completed training for 400 people and is now recruiting 600 more to study AI, game development, modeling, and cloud engineering in several cities. These programs aim to prepare Uzbekistan’s workforce for jobs in the global technology market.
