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8 courses · 3 with a free certificate

Free Generative AI Courses

Generative AI tools can write, summarise and create images, and knowing how to use them well is now a workplace skill. These free courses explain how large language models work and how to prompt them responsibly.

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  • Anthropic Academy

    AI Fluency: Framework & Foundations

    Anthropic's free course on working with AI effectively, efficiently, ethically and safely.

    Free certificateAI & Machine Learning
    2 hrsBeginner

  • Hugging Face

    AI Agents Course

    Hugging Face's free course on building AI agents, with free certificates.

    Free certificateAI & Machine Learning
    20 hrsIntermediate

  • Anthropic Academy

    Building with the Claude API

    Anthropic's free developer course on the Claude API: prompting, tools, RAG, MCP and agents.

    Free certificateAI & Machine Learning
    8 hrsIntermediate

  • Microsoft (open-source curricula)

    Generative AI for Beginners

    Microsoft's free 21-lesson course on building generative AI apps in Python and TypeScript.

    No certificateAI & Machine Learning
    30 hrsBeginner

  • Google

    Machine Learning Crash Course

    Google's updated ML crash course: regression to neural nets, embeddings, LLMs and fairness.

    No certificateAI & Machine Learning
    14 hrsBeginner

  • Hugging Face

    LLM Course

    Hugging Face's free course on transformers, fine-tuning and building with large language models.

    No certificateAI & Machine Learning
    80 hrsIntermediate

Questions

Are generative AI courses suitable for non-programmers?

Many are. Introductory generative AI courses focus on concepts and practical prompting rather than code. Developer-focused courses are marked with their prerequisites.

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