7 free AI training courses for business leaders

Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly prominent role in various elements of process excellence. From its game-changing impact on digital transformation and operational efficiency to shaping modern business process management (BPM) and enhancing process mining, evolving AI is one of the most significant technological trends of the modern business era.

The majority of business leaders (89 percent) surveyed in the 2023 Process Optimization Report from Celonis are actively implementing AI. However, 72 percent are concerned that process shortcomings could hinder their AI success. The advancement of AI sparks several important debates – ranging from application and understanding to ethics and regulation. Regardless, its growing pervasiveness in today’s organizations is undeniable, introducing the need for AI knowhow at all levels of business operations.

Here are seven free AI training courses for anyone looking to increase their AI knowledge, understanding and skills this year.

1. Introduction to generative AI – Google

This introductory level, microlearning course from Google Cloud explains what generative AI is, how it is used and how it differs from traditional machine learning methods. It also covers Google Tools to help you develop your own generative AI apps.

2. Introduction to AI with Python – HarvardX

This 7-week online course from Harvard University explores the concepts and algorithms at the foundation of modern AI, exploring ideas that give rise to technologies like game-playing engines, handwriting recognition and machine translation. Through hands-on projects, students gain exposure to the theory behind graph search algorithms, classification, optimization, machine learning, large language models (LLMs) and other topics in AI as they incorporate them into their own Python programs. Learning outcomes include graph search algorithms, logical inference, machine learning, neural networks and natural language processing.

3. Generative AI for everyone – DeepLearning.AI

Instructed by AI pioneer Andrew Ng, co-founder of Google Brain, this DeepLearning.AI course explores the technology of generative AI, how it works and what it can (and can’t) do. It includes hands-on exercises where you’ll learn how to use generative AI to help in day-to-day work, receive tips on effective prompt engineering and get insight beyond prompting for more advanced uses of AI.

You’ll delve into real-world applications and learn common use cases, get hands-on time with generative AI tools to put your knowledge into action and gain insight into AI’s impact on both businesses and society.

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4. Introduction to responsible AI – Google

This introductory level, microlearning course from Google Cloud explains what responsible AI is, why it’s important and how Google implements responsible AI in its products. It also introduces Google’s 7 AI principles. Participants will learn about the need for responsible AI practices within an organization, that decisions made at all stages of a project have an impact on responsible AI and how businesses can design AI to fit their own needs and values.

5. Streamlining your work with Copilot – LinkedIn

Accessible via a one-month free trial, this course explores the rise of AI chatbots, specifically Microsoft Bing Chat. Learn how Bing Chat can perform a wide variety of tasks and help to streamline workflows – from generating ideas and summarizing data to solving common work problems such as planning itineraries, scheduling and communicating with coworkers. It begins with a primer on how chat AI tools function before diving into putting them to work. By the end of the course, participants will be ready to perform robust online searches, generate ideas, compose text, automate work and fact-check results.

6. Generative AI learning plan for decision makers – AWS

Generative AI learning plan for decision makers by AWS is designed to introduce generative AI to those in charge of business and technical decisions. The training included in this learning plan provides an overview of generative AI, approaches to planning a generative AI project and building a generative AI-ready organization.

7. ChatGPT for everyone – Learn Prompting/OpenAI

This course, instructed by leaders from Learn Prompting and OpenAI, outlines how to use ChatGPT as a personal assistant to maximize productivity. It also covers the limitations of ChatGPT, ethical and responsible use and use case examples.

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