{"id":50578,"date":"2024-01-21T09:12:16","date_gmt":"2024-01-21T09:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/coursera-sees-signups-for-ai-courses-every-minute-in-2023-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-21T09:12:16","modified_gmt":"2024-01-21T09:12:16","slug":"coursera-sees-signups-for-ai-courses-every-minute-in-2023-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/coursera-sees-signups-for-ai-courses-every-minute-in-2023-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Coursera sees signups for AI courses every minute in 2023 | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\">\n<p>US\u00a0edutech platform Coursera\u00a0added a new user every minute on average for its artificial intelligence courses in 2023, CEO Jeff Maggioncalda said on Thursday, in a clear sign of people upskilling to tap a potential boom in generative AI.<\/p>\n<p>The technology behind OpenAI&#8217;s ChatGPT has taken the world by a storm and sparked a race among companies to roll out their own versions of the viral chatbot.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d say the real hotspot is generative AI because it affects so many people,&#8221; he told Reuters in an interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos.<\/p>\n<p>Coursera is looking to offer AI courses along with companies that are the frontrunners in the AI race, including OpenAI and Google&#8217;s DeepMind, Maggioncalda said.<\/p>\n<p>Investors had earlier feared that apps based on generative AI might replace ed-tech firms, but on the contrary the technology has encouraged more people to upskill, benefiting companies such as Coursera.<\/p>\n<p>The company has more than 800 AI courses and saw more than 7.4 million enrollments last year. 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