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Introduction to Generative AI

This introductory course is designed for beginners with no prior knowledge of generative AI. You will start by gaining a high-level understanding of what generative AI is and how it works. Through interactive lessons and hands-on examples, you will learn fundamental skills like providing effective prompts and iteratively improving the generated outputs. As the course progresses, you will dive deeper into specific major generative AI models, including their unique capabilities and limitations. Finally,, you will get practical experience using leading systems like GitHub Copilot, DALL-E, and OpenAI to generate code, images, and text. By the end, you will have developed core knowledge to start experimenting with generative AI in a responsible and effective way for a variety of applications. This course aims to provide a friendly introduction to prepare complete beginners for further exploration of this rapidly evolving technology.

Status: Machine Learning
Status: Generative Model Architectures
BeginnerCourse38 hours

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EA

4.0Reviewed Sep 11, 2025

It was very informative, but in some areas, it lacked sufficient detail on the subject.

DW

5.0Reviewed Oct 6, 2025

This Course gives good introduction to Gen AI it was organized but the quiz and assignment section was not so good and I think it needs to be revised.

SS

5.0Reviewed Jan 23, 2026

This is a very useful course for understanding the Generative AI. The explanations are easily understood. The course structure is designed to keep the learners interest.

ND

5.0Reviewed Aug 21, 2024

Great learning resources that will be useful long after completing the course, concise presentations, and clear explanations of all topics

MU

5.0Reviewed Nov 3, 2025

good course but should have extra material for reference like docker azure openai and other tools tutorials and docs references.

MS

5.0Reviewed Aug 23, 2025

Good starter kit for Generative AI. Few topics might be technical for non-tech people but needs to be covered.

TT

5.0Reviewed Nov 23, 2024

Thank you Coursera!!! Got to learn from great teachers..

MC

4.0Reviewed Jun 18, 2024

Nice course on "Introduction to Generative AI". It was a brief introduction to Gen AI concepts and how to use LLM APIs to create custom applications. Truly beginner level course.

JS

4.0Reviewed Jan 27, 2025

Modules 1-3 were good. Module 4 could be much better. The quality of videos was poor. Some of the quizzes marked correct answers incorrect. The material could also be better.

AB

4.0Reviewed Jan 15, 2026

Practical (e.g. python) examples were shown but were difficult to follow as no foundations were given.

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