What you'll learn

Generative AI is suddenly everywhere—on our phones, in our apps, woven into the tools we use at work—and the flood of hype, fear, and opinion makes it hard to know where to begin. In this course, Generative AI Foundations: Getting Started, you'll gain the ability to use these tools effectively and responsibly in your everyday work. First, you'll explore what generative AI actually is and how to start your very first conversation with it. Next, you'll discover the different forms it takes—text, images, audio, and video—and how these tools work under the hood. Finally, you'll learn how to get better, more reliable results while spotting the ways AI can go wrong, from hallucinations to hidden bias. When you're finished with this course, you'll have the skills and knowledge of generative AI needed to use these tools effectively and responsibly in your everyday work.