![Rose Servetnick In this undated photo, students attending the Building Your Own Computer program offered by the Connecticut-based group CfAL for Digital Inclusion, practice their skills. States are looking to beef up their residents tech skills as generative artificial intelligence plays a greater role in the workplace. CfAL officials, however, say basic computer skills are also still needed. (Rose Servetnick/CfAL for Digital Inclusion via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/bf73b6020142436ea81c88c6c3ceae1f/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
In this undated photo, students attending the Building Your Own Computer program offered by the Connecticut-based group CfAL for Digital Inclusion, practice their skills. States are looking to beef up their residents tech skills as generative artificial intelligence plays a greater role in the workplace. CfAL officials, however, say basic computer skills are also still needed. (Rose Servetnick/CfAL for Digital Inclusion via AP)
![Rose Servetnick In this undated photo, a Connecticut high school student practices skills she has learned in the Building Your Own Computer program offered by the Connecticut-based group CfAL for Digital Inclusion. States are looking to beef up their residents tech skills as generative artificial intelligence plays a greater role in the workplace. CfAL officials, however, say basic computer skills are also still needed. (Rose Servetnick/CfAL for Digital Inclusion via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c1aa574911284e0a9a3acf33f65c6000/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
In this undated photo, a Connecticut high school student practices skills she has learned in the Building Your Own Computer program offered by the Connecticut-based group CfAL for Digital Inclusion. States are looking to beef up their residents tech skills as generative artificial intelligence plays a greater role in the workplace. CfAL officials, however, say basic computer skills are also still needed. (Rose Servetnick/CfAL for Digital Inclusion via AP)
![Rose Servetnick In this undated photo, Richie Hull, a lead instructor at the Connecticut-based group CfAL for Digital Inclusion, teaches the Foundation to a Career in Computers class at the organization's computer lab in New Haven, Conn. States are looking to beef up their residents tech skills as generative artificial intelligence plays a greater role in the workplace. CfAL officials, however, say basic computer skills are also still needed. (Rose Servetnick/CfAL for Digital Inclusion via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0eecb3d93f644cb3a2ae3bed08c927f2/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
In this undated photo, Richie Hull, a lead instructor at the Connecticut-based group CfAL for Digital Inclusion, teaches the Foundation to a Career in Computers class at the organization's computer lab in New Haven, Conn. States are looking to beef up their residents tech skills as generative artificial intelligence plays a greater role in the workplace. CfAL officials, however, say basic computer skills are also still needed. (Rose Servetnick/CfAL for Digital Inclusion via AP)
![Rose Servetnick In this undated photo, Richie Hull, a lead instructor at the Connecticut-based group CfAL for Digital Inclusion, teaches participates at the Ives Maine Library in New Haven, Conn. how to take a computer apart and put it back together again. Connecticut is working on a new online academy to teach citizens about how to use generative artificial intelligence, but groups like CfAL say basic computer skills are also needed. (Rose Servetnick/CfAL for Digital Inclusion via AP)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/76415b3b1d764b43a8950e426567234d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
In this undated photo, Richie Hull, a lead instructor at the Connecticut-based group CfAL for Digital Inclusion, teaches participates at the Ives Maine Library in New Haven, Conn. how to take a computer apart and put it back together again. Connecticut is working on a new online academy to teach citizens about how to use generative artificial intelligence, but groups like CfAL say basic computer skills are also needed. (Rose Servetnick/CfAL for Digital Inclusion via AP)