🌍OpenAI, Grab to Train 30,000 Gig Workers in AI in SE Asia
TL;DR
OpenAI and Grab launched GO Forward with AI, a two-year program teaching 30,000 drivers, couriers and merchants to use ChatGPT for their businesses. It starts in Singapore and reaches Malaysia and Vietnam in 2027.
OpenAI and Grab launched GO Forward with AI, a two-year program teaching 30,000 drivers, couriers and merchants to use ChatGPT for their businesses. It starts in Singapore and reaches Malaysia and Vietnam in 2027.
Key Points
Rollout: Singapore first, then Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines this year, Malaysia and Vietnam in 2027
Half of Grab's Singapore driver and delivery partners already use AI tools; 87% of non-users are open to trying
Workshops use ChatGPT Work to build sales dashboards, simple websites and expansion plans
Grab's OpenAI-powered Driver AI Assistant already reaches close to 500,000 drivers
Why It Matters
Gig workers and hawker-stall merchants are a huge, underserved AI market. Whoever trains them first owns the default tool in Southeast Asia's informal economy.
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