Google AI Essentials Specialization

Boost Your Productivity with AI Tools. New to AI? Learn from Google experts how AI can help you speed up daily tasks and spark new ideas.

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1 month

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4.8

(75 reviews)

Beginner level

Recommended experience

1 month

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

Use generative AI tools to help develop ideas and content, make more informed decisions, and speed up daily work tasks
Write clear and specific prompts to get the output you want - you’ll apply prompting techniques to help summarize, create tag lines, and more
Use AI responsibly by identifying AI’s potential biases and avoiding harm
Develop strategies to stay up-to-date in the emerging landscape of AI

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Specialization - 5 course series

Google AI Essentials is a self-paced program to help people across roles and industries get AI skills to boost their productivity. Zero experience required. The course is taught by AI experts at Google who are working to make the technology helpful for everyone.

In under 10 hours, they’ll do more than teach you about AI — they’ll show you how to use it in the real world. Stuck at the beginning of a project? You’ll learn how to use AI tools to generate ideas and content. Planning an event? You’ll use AI tools to help research, organize, and make more informed decisions. Drowning in a flooded inbox? You’ll use AI tools to help speed up those daily work tasks, like drafting email responses. You’ll also learn how to write effective prompts and use AI responsibly.

After you complete the program, you’ll earn a certificate from Google to share with your network and potential employers. By using AI as a helpful collaboration tool, you can set yourself up for success in today’s workplace.

rogram, you’ll earn a certificate from Google to share with your network and potential employers. By using AI as a helpful collaboration tool, you can set yourself up for success in today’s dynamic workplace.

Applied Learning Project

Through hands-on activities, you’ll solve workplace tasks using AI, developing practical skills that you can apply right away. You will use generative AI tools to create text and image content, write prompts for problem-solving and planning, critically evaluate AI outputs, and more.

Introduction to AI

Course 11 hour4.7 (54 ratings)

What you'll learn

Define the field of AI
Explain how AI functions at a basic level, including how AI technology is trained to learn from data
Describe the capabilities and limitations of AI tools
Recognize the importance of human oversight when using AI

Skills you'll gain

Category: Critical Thinking

Maximize Productivity With AI Tools

Course 21 hour4.9 (14 ratings)

What you'll learn

Recognize how generative AI can be used for several different workplace applications
Describe how AI tools are powered by AI models to produce outputs
Identify opportunities to leverage AI for increased productivity and optimized work processes

Discover the Art of Prompting

Course 31 hour

What you'll learn

Create prompts that provide clear and specific instructions for a variety of use cases
Describe the role of writing effective prompts in producing LLM output
Analyze the output of an LLM model and refine prompts as needed
Apply specific prompting techniques, including few-shot prompting

Use AI Responsibly

Course 445 minutes

What you'll learn

Identify AI harms and their potential impact on users and social structures
Recognize possible privacy and security repercussions of AI use
Explain risks and biases that are inherent to modern AI and best practices for how to approach them

Stay Ahead of the AI Curve

Course 51 hour4.9 (15 ratings)

What you'll learn

Develop strategies to stay up-to-date in the emerging landscape of AI
Evaluate additional AI tools and their potential for future application in the workplace
Identify opportunities for leveraging AI in the workplace

Skills you'll gain

Category: Innovation

Category: Critical Thinking

Category: Machine Learning

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Frequently asked questions

You probably already know that AI is short for artificial intelligence. But what does that mean exactly? AI refers to computer programs trained to do complex actions that usually require human brain power — and potentially a lot of time and effort — to accomplish. Simply put, AI can help with challenging tasks. When you learn to use AI tools effectively in your job, it can help you speed through some of those not-so-fun, routine tasks you dread to tackle, which can give you the time and space you need to concentrate on big-picture thinking or reach your goals more quickly.

For example, you can use AI tools to help summarize notes, analyze dense spreadsheets, and create an engaging presentation. You can even use AI tools to help draft a detailed sales report and highlight key insights that you can share with your coworkers and managers. By learning how to augment your work with AI, you can set yourself up for success in today’s dynamic workplace — and you don’t even need programming skills to use it.

Generative AI is a specific form of AI that focuses on creating new content like text, images, or other media based on examples it’s been trained on. Some AI tools accept text or speech as input, while others also take videos or images.

An exciting feature of generative AI tools is that you can give them instructions with natural language, also known as prompts. So, no coding is needed. During Google AI Essentials, you’ll practice using a conversational AI tool like Gemini, where you’ll experience using natural language to ask Gemini questions or brainstorm with it.

In the workplace, you can use generative AI tools to get creative inspiration, boost your productivity, and make your ideas even bigger. For example, let's say you need to develop a new promotional product. You can prompt the AI tool to help brainstorm ideas. Then, after reviewing the output, you can refine your ideas with additional prompts. You can even use an AI tool to generate a presentation outline to explain the product further and an image generator to create visuals for your presentation.

AI is quickly transforming today’s workplace. It makes sense, then, that developing a strong understanding of how to use the technology could give you a competitive edge in a variety of industries. But beyond helping you cultivate a fruitful career, AI can make your days at work more productive, too.

AI can tackle routine tasks on your to-do list, help you enhance the quality of your work, empower you to make informed decisions, and generate new content for you. Stuck for ideas at the beginning of a project? Use AI as a creative collaboration tool. Drowning in a sea of emails? Use AI tools to help draft responses so you can clear out that inbox quickly. Need to make a quick promo video to market a new product? Just prompt an AI tool with your ideas and assets.

Google AI Essentials is taught by AI experts at Google who are working to make the technology helpful for everyone. In under 10 hours, they’ll do more than teach you about AI — they’ll show you how to actually use it. You’ll get practical, hands-on experience augmenting your current and future work tasks with AI. Through videos, readings, and interactive exercises, you’ll learn how to use generative AI tools, create effective prompts, use AI responsibly, and select the right AI tools for your work needs.

This self-paced program is accessible to everyone and is designed to fit into busy schedules. You don’t need any technical experience to begin, and the skills you’ll learn can be applied to a variety of roles across industries. After you complete the program, you’ll earn a certificate from Google to share with your network and potential employers.

This program is designed for anyone who feels swamped - like there’s never enough time to tackle the work that actually matters to them and their company. It’s created for anyone who wants to supercharge their skillset and improve their productivity. With Google AI Essentials, you can develop the essential AI skills you need to be successful in today’s workplace, zero experience required.

Within each course, there are hands-on activities to practice using AI tools across many different real workplace scenarios. These activities provide an opportunity to learn by doing - learners will develop practical skills that can be applied immediately to their work or can be showcased to employers. For example, in course 3 where you’ll discover the art of prompting, you’ll use a conversational AI tool to help develop ideas and generate content. You’ll incorporate AI into creative tasks such as brainstorming ideas for a presentation.

In the U.S. and Canada, Coursera charges $49 per month after the initial 7-day free trial period. Prices may vary in other countries. When you purchase the program, you’ll have access to all course materials, including videos, activities, readings, and graded assessments. After you complete the program, you’ll earn a certificate from Google to share with your network and potential employers

If you are interested in financial assistance for Google Prompting Essentials, you may be eligible for financial aid via Coursera through the course page. Recipients of financial aid have full access to course content and assignments required to earn a certificate. To apply, go to the course page on Coursera and click the “Financial aid available” link next to the “Enroll” button.

Google Career Essentials are short programs designed to help you build in-demand skills to grow your career. Whether you’re looking to add a skill to your resume, apply a new skill to uplevel your work, or simply learn something new, the program will help you quickly gain valuable competencies. After you complete the program, you’ll earn a certificate from Google to share with your network and potential employers.

In contrast, Google Career Certificates take about three to six months to complete and prepare you for entry-level jobs in specific career fields like Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Project Management, IT Support and others. At the end, you’ll unlock job search support including 1-on-1 career coaching, an exclusive job board with 150+ employers, and more.

Yes! To get started, click the course card that interests you and enroll. You can enroll and complete the course to earn a shareable certificate, or you can audit it to view the course materials for free. When you subscribe to a course that is part of a Specialization, you’re automatically subscribed to the full Specialization. Visit your learner dashboard to track your progress.