{"id":52837,"date":"2026-03-11T09:46:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:46:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/?p=52837"},"modified":"2026-03-11T09:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T14:52:33","slug":"while-sxsw-edu-talks-ai-austin-community-college-district-is-deploying-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/03\/11\/while-sxsw-edu-talks-ai-austin-community-college-district-is-deploying-it\/","title":{"rendered":"While SXSW EDU talks AI, Austin Community College District is deploying it"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As national leaders gather in Austin to debate the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education, Austin Community College District (ACC) is putting it to work.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ACC will announce a major investment from the Trellis Foundation to activate a human-based AI-powered system designed to proactively support students, personalize interventions, and better align education with the demands of an AI-driven workforce.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Learning Powered By AI<\/h3>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Date:<\/strong> Wednesday, March 11, 2026<br \/><strong>Time:<\/strong> 11 a.m. \u2013 Noon<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Everyone is invited to watch the livestream and learn more. <\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-fe48e5de wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/event\/5776327\/6e4f31e203\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Livestream Link<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The platform will integrate real-time student data to anticipate needs before they become barriers. It will connect students to advising, tutoring, financial aid, mental health, and basic needs support with precision and speed.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The initiative also includes:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>AI upskilling for small and mid-sized businesses<\/li>\n<li>A new AI-focused workforce pathway to support Central Texas\u2019 expanding AI and digital infrastructure<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-vimeo wp-block-embed-vimeo wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-responsive  embed-responsive-16by9\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\">\n<div class=\"iframe-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   class=\"embed-responsive-item\"   title=\"Learning Powered by AI\" src=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/event\/5776327\/embed\/6e4f31e203\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As national leaders gather in Austin to debate the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in education, Austin Community College District (ACC) is putting it to work. ACC will announce a major investment from the Trellis &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/2026\/03\/11\/while-sxsw-edu-talks-ai-austin-community-college-district-is-deploying-it\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3930,"featured_media":52839,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,17],"tags":[2481,2482,4353],"class_list":["post-52837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates","category-news-and-announcements","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-trellis-foundation"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3930"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.austincc.edu\/newsroom\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}