Experience AI has grown into a global effort to build AI literacy in schools, supporting educators and young people around the world to better understand and critically engage with AI technologies. We recently brought Experience AI to Uzbekistan through a new collaboration with UNICEF. Together, we are integrating Experience AI into the Tinkering with Tech programme , which supports Uzbekistani educators and learners to develop 21st-century skills, including computational thinking, and digital and AI literacy skills. As one of the Learning Managers on the Foundation’s AI literacy team, I travelled to Uzbekistan to lead the AI literacy part of the programme, working closely with local trainers and educators and introducing them to Experience AI. Experience AI training in action On the plane to Tashkent, Uzbekistan, I found myself wondering about the level of engagement with AI tools among teachers and educators in Uzbekistan: how interested are teachers and students in AI technologies?…