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Generative AI: Introduction and Applications

This course is designed for everyone—professionals, executives, students, and enthusiasts—interested in learning about generative AI and leveraging its capabilities in their work and lives. It is your first step toward understanding the power of generative AI, driven by models such as large language models (LLMs). In this course, you will learn the fundamentals and evolution of generative AI, with additional readings and expert insights offering a deeper view of its history and advancements. You will explore its capabilities across text, image, audio, video, virtual worlds, code, and data, with key takeaways and enhanced summaries at the end of each section to reinforce learning. You will understand the applications of generative AI in industries such as IT, finance, healthcare, education, entertainment, and human resources. You will also discover the features of popular tools and models, including GPT, DALL-E, Stable Diffusion, and Synthesia. Hands-on labs provide opportunities to practice using IBM Generative AI Classroom and tools such as ChatGPT. You will also hear from industry practitioners sharing real-world insights. Interactive activities, podcasts, and scenario-based exercises help you apply concepts, while a final practical project consolidates your skills by generating and refining outputs across multiple formats.

Status: ChatGPT
Status: Real Time Data
BeginnerCourse8 hours

Featured reviews

RA

5.0Reviewed Oct 23, 2025

Love the in-depth discussions of utilizing GenAI in everyday applications, especially from industry experts and how they managed to use it for their own advantages

CS

5.0Reviewed May 14, 2024

I definitely appreciated that this didn't cover just text-to-image tools. I feel that even if someone is not new to AI, they might do something during this course that they haven't done before.

CG

5.0Reviewed Sep 27, 2025

Very detailed about generative and agentic AI, and also introduces other, less-known forms of AI that assist with video generation, audio production, and coding.

J

5.0Reviewed May 16, 2024

Excelente material, buen contenido, buenos laboratorios, super buena las isntrucciones de lso laboratorios. El nivel de detalle y cada explicacion esta muy bien. Gracias

GP

4.0Reviewed Feb 18, 2025

Good for introductions, but doesn't go as deep as I wanted in some important concepts or topics. It's also a little outdated, other than that very good explanations.

OT

5.0Reviewed Jan 21, 2025

Very good Into to AI, with in depth descriptions of GenAI tools and their fields of application. Hands on exercises to consolidate knowledge and create contextual text, audio and video.

TT

5.0Reviewed Jul 28, 2024

This was such an amazing course. This course changed everything I knew about the AI. After this course my knowledge with regards to AI and it capabilities changed significantly.

SA

5.0Reviewed Apr 27, 2025

So pleased I started the course as I was absolutely new to AI development but feel I have a great introduction to help me go into other studies in university ☺️.

ST

5.0Reviewed Feb 1, 2025

Great Material, simple to learn . Will provide you with the introduction concepts of Gen AI to be applied in the framework. If you like tech. You will find it very easy to digest.

AH

5.0Reviewed Jul 26, 2024

This Course gives you a solid knowledge of some of Ai Application and how it will affect various fields of our daily life, because it hands on lab it make it an exciting journey highly recommended .

DK

4.0Reviewed Nov 10, 2024

Good content, but they use some machine reading which i don't like. It is just reading, reading, without any pause between words, which is not friendly, not personal way of learn.

SB

5.0Reviewed Mar 6, 2026

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