AFAIK the course was originally created as a co-operation by University of Helsinki and a private IT consulting company. The cost of translating the course to a

AFAIK the course was originally created as a co-operation by University of Helsinki and a private IT consulting company. The cost of translating the course to all official languages of EU, besides those for which it is already available, will be funded the Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. Source: https://vnk.fi/en/article/-/asset_publisher/1410877/suomi-investoi-eurooppalaisten-tulevaisuustaitoihin-tavoitteena-kouluttaa-prosentti-eu-kansalaisista-tekoalyn-perusteisiin https://vnk.fi/en/article/-/asset_publisher/1410877/suomi-in... Besides, the same question you posed above could be asked of any publicly funded curriculum, like most EU universities and public schools. I don't think making an entry-level course on important topic that is a mystery to most people available to all European public at large is at all bad use of tax money.