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AI Fundamentals
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What you'll learn
Understand fundamental generative AI concepts and build a foundation for professional AI use.
Construct effective prompts using a structured framework to generate high-quality, relevant outputs for workplace tasks.
Evaluate AI-generated outputs for accuracy and bias and apply critical thinking to ensure responsible and ethical AI use.
Analyze your professional workflow to identify high-impact opportunities to collaborate with AI.
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There are 6 modules in this course
Ready to move beyond the buzz and see real results with AI? This course covers the fundamentals of working with AI, like understanding its strengths and limitations so you can leverage it effectively at work. You’ll learn how to give AI clear and specific instructions, called prompts, and how to use AI responsibly by maintaining a “human-in-the-loop” approach.
By the end of this course, you will: • Adopt a new way of working with AI, moving beyond a simple task completer to a professional collaborator. • Apply prompting techniques to brainstorm new ideas and build a library of reusable prompts for daily tasks. • Practice prompt chaining to solve complex, multi-step problems. • Generate custom images by learning how to effectively communicate your creative vision. • Use responsible judgement to apply AI confidently.
Shift your mindset from using AI as a task completer to using AI as a collaborator.
What's included
3 videos1 reading
3 videos•Total 6 minutes
- AI fundamentals•3 minutes
- Adopt a collaborative mindset with AI•2 minutes
- Maya, what advice do you have for people getting started with AI? •1 minute
1 reading•Total 4 minutes
- Three ways to collaborate with AI •4 minutes
Learn how to use labs for hands-on experience with AI. Get the most out of Gemini with Google AI Pro, then start using Gemini by brainstorming ideas.
What's included
1 video2 readings1 app item1 ungraded lab1 plugin
1 video•Total 1 minute
- Carol, how has AI been blowing your mind recently?•1 minute
2 readings•Total 8 minutes
- Get the most out of labs•4 minutes
- Complete labs with Google AI Pro at no cost •4 minutes
1 app item•Total 4 minutes
- Redeem your Google AI Pro trial•4 minutes
1 ungraded lab•Total 12 minutes
- Brainstorm ideas with Gemini•12 minutes
1 plugin•Total 15 minutes
- Tell us about your experience with AI in under 2 minutes•15 minutes
Discover how AI works and how to leverage its capabilities in the workplace.
What's included
2 videos2 readings
2 videos•Total 10 minutes
- Learn foundational AI concepts•5 minutes
- Leverage AI features and capabilities for work •4 minutes
2 readings•Total 12 minutes
- Fundamentals of machine learning•4 minutes
- Understand AI limitations•8 minutes
Learn a prompting framework, then use it to improve the quality of your outputs.
What's included
2 videos1 reading1 ungraded lab
2 videos•Total 7 minutes
- Learn how to prompt AI to get helpful results•6 minutes
- Mahi, what is your go to prompting trick? •1 minute
1 reading•Total 8 minutes
- Prompting tips and tricks •8 minutes
1 ungraded lab•Total 12 minutes
- Apply the prompting framework in Gemini•12 minutes
Understand advanced prompting techniques and practice prompt chaining.
What's included
1 video2 readings2 ungraded labs
1 video•Total 1 minute
- Mahi, what's a hack for giving Gemini context in a new chat?•1 minute
2 readings•Total 12 minutes
- Prompt chaining strategies•8 minutes
- Generate visuals with AI•4 minutes
2 ungraded labs•Total 24 minutes
- Practice prompt chaining in Gemini•12 minutes
- Create custom images with Gemini•12 minutes
Recognize challenges and limitations of working with AI, and learn about AI agents.
What's included
2 videos4 readings1 assignment
2 videos•Total 6 minutes
- Responsible AI in practice•5 minutes
- Mahi, what should you do if you get a bad response from Gemini?•1 minute
4 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Responsible AI best practices•8 minutes
- Learn about AI agents•8 minutes
- Claim your course completion badge •2 minutes
- Get started on the next course•2 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
- Course challenge•10 minutes
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Reviewed on May 5, 2026
This course is outstanding. The use of video, reading material and practice labs really help digest the content and set you up for success.
Reviewed on Jun 2, 2026
Excellent course to build your AI skills. The scope of functionality and areas this can be applied only keeps growing.
Reviewed on Apr 19, 2026
This course has helped me streamline tasks and processes in my automotive career. Gemini helps me complete daily tasks more efficiently in a professional work environment.
Frequently asked questions
In this course, you’ll move beyond using AI as a simple tool and learn how to confidently and responsibly leverage it as your strategic collaborator at work. You’ll learn about AI’s strengths and limitations, how to write clear and specific prompts, and how to apply responsible judgment when using AI. You’ll also gain a foundational understanding of generative AI concepts, like the difference between models, apps and features, how to spot hallucinations, and learn how to evaluate AI outputs for accuracy and bias.
This course is for anyone who wants a practical foundation to start using AI at work. Whether you've tried using AI before or not, this course is a great place to start. By the end of this course, you’ll move from trial and error, to collaborating with AI intentionally. By the end of this course, you’ll be able to write prompts to get the results you need and use AI responsibly.
You will learn how to give AI clear and specific instructions, following a simple prompting framework. You’ll practice evaluating your outputs and iterating until you receive a more helpful result. You will also practice prompt chaining which is a technique for solving complex, multi-step problems by breaking them into smaller stages and guiding the AI through each step. Finally, you’ll gain experience with image generation, multimodal prompting, and meta-prompting.
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