Overview

• The Grammy winner will design and teach “The Agentic Self” in spring 2026 at ASU’s GAME School on the Los Angeles campus, announced in New York City this week.
• The partnership will adapt will.i.am’s FYI.AI into EDU.FYI, a student-focused platform built on NVIDIA tools to create AI agents and support collaborative learning.
• The course promises foundational AI skills usable across disciplines, with students building a personal “universal learning companion” alongside will.i.am.
• ASU says the class is planned from will.i.am’s Hollywood studio with a hybrid setup allowing participation from other ASU locations and online.
• University leaders frame the move as part of a larger upskilling agenda, with ASU joining the ITU’s AI Skills Coalition and emphasizing readiness for AI-shaped jobs.