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Augusta Launches Digital Literacy Plan: AI Tutors, Mobile Labs Coming 2027

City planners schedule AI tutors and mobile labs for release by early 2027.

By Augusta Tech Desk · Published July 24, 2026

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Augusta officials released the city's Digital Literacy Roadmap on July 10 outlining three new products and two platform upgrades scheduled for rollout between September 2026 and March 2027.

Global supply chain strains and recent energy market disruptions have pushed more Augusta residents online for job training and government services. Local data from the Augusta Workforce Board showed 62 percent of job postings in 2025 required digital file management skills that many applicants still lack.

Products scheduled for 2027

The first product is an AI tutor app named Augusta Learn that will run on city-issued tablets. The app will offer lessons in spreadsheet use and online safety. A second item is a set of 40 mobile Wi-Fi labs that will visit the Olde Town neighborhood each Tuesday and the Riverfront District every Thursday. Each lab contains 15 laptops preloaded with the new modules.

A third item upgrades the existing Augusta Public Library portal to include virtual reality job simulations. Library branches on Broad Street and at 312 Greene Street will host the first test sessions in October 2026. The upgrades carry a combined budget of 1.8 million dollars funded through a state technology grant awarded in May.

Local rollout timeline

City staff will begin registration for the mobile labs at the Augusta Tech Hub on Innovation Way on August 15. Residents can sign up through the library website or by visiting the branch at 402 Broad Street. The first cohort will receive devices for a six-week course ending in November.

Program managers expect the AI tutor app to reach 8,500 users by the end of the first quarter of 2027. Users who complete the course will receive a digital badge accepted by 14 Augusta employers including the logistics firms along the Savannah River port corridor. Residents interested in early access can visit any library branch starting next month to join the wait list.

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