Google begins offering free AI training courses in the UK

The virtual sessions will teach you how AI can save you time at work and help you brainstorm new ideas
Saqib Shah31 July 2023

If you keep hearing of how AI chatbots will revolutionise the world, but can’t figure out what to ask ChatGPT, you may require some guidance with the hottest trend in tech.

To lend a hand, Google is launching a series of training courses designed to show you how to use AI at work. Two sessions are open for registration now, with a further eight modules coming soon.

Together, they are designed to teach individuals and business owners about the inner workings of AI and how it can save you time in the office. News of the training courses comes after a pair of troubling reports claimed that millions of Brits lack vital digital skills, which in turn is costing their employers over £5 billion in earnings.

Google has a vested interest in educating the nation having created its own AI systems to challenge ChatGPT creator OpenAI, Microsoft and Meta. Big tech is currently pouring billions into so-called generative AI tools that can produce text- and image-based responses to questions.

For its part, Google recently began previewing an AI chatbot to the public and will soon offer AI-powered writing features inside its free Workspace software, including Docs (its Microsoft Word rival) and Gmail.

To help you get to grips with the tech, Google’s experts will teach you how to “boost your productivity with AI” in one of the training sessions aimed at individuals.

Over the course of 45 minutes, Google says you’ll learn how to use AI tools to save time, including how to cut down on administrative tasks, brainstorm new ideas, and write code. It also covers ways to apply different systems to a workplace, when and how to invest in AI, and how to prepare data for a machine learning project.

Both modules will be held live over YouTube from mid-August to early October, during which attendees will get the chance to ask questions. By registering for an event you can also watch it on-demand after it has ended.

Google’s training initiative is timely as it comes amid a slowdown in AI chatbot usage. After a meteoric start, global traffic to the ChatGPT website fell by an estimated 10 percent between May and June. It was the first drop in the leading chatbot’s number of visitors since its launch in December.

It’s unclear if the dip was due to the start of the summer holidays or waning interest in AI chat.

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