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Build Collaborative Multi-Agent Systems with ADK & MCP Earned сент. 2, 2026 EDT
Introduction to Large Language Models Earned сент. 1, 2026 EDT
Introduction to Generative AI Earned сент. 1, 2026 EDT
Google DeepMind: 01 Build Your Own Small Language Model Earned сент. 1, 2026 EDT
Plan Your Cloud Next Generation Firewall Needs Earned авг. 20, 2026 EDT
Build a Certification Study Guide: PCNE Exam Prep Earned авг. 20, 2026 EDT
Build a Certification Study Guide: PSOE Exam Prep Earned авг. 19, 2026 EDT
Deploy Your First Agent Earned авг. 19, 2026 EDT
AI Boost Bites: Create Product Videos with Vids Earned авг. 19, 2026 EDT
AI Infrastructure: Networking Techniques Earned авг. 18, 2026 EDT
Google Workspace Troubleshooting Earned авг. 18, 2026 EDT
Google Workspace Security Earned авг. 18, 2026 EDT
Google Workspace Data Governance Earned авг. 16, 2026 EDT
Google Workspace Core Services Earned авг. 16, 2026 EDT
Google Workspace User and Resource Management Earned авг. 14, 2026 EDT
Gemini in Google Workspace Studio Earned авг. 12, 2026 EDT
Gemini in Google Vids Earned авг. 11, 2026 EDT
Gemini in Google Drive Earned авг. 11, 2026 EDT
Gemini in Google Chat Earned авг. 11, 2026 EDT
Gemini in Google Meet Earned авг. 11, 2026 EDT
Gemini in Google Sheets Earned авг. 11, 2026 EDT
Gemini in Google Slides Earned авг. 11, 2026 EDT
Gemini in Google Docs Earned авг. 11, 2026 EDT
Gemini in Gmail Earned авг. 11, 2026 EDT
Google Workspace with Gemini: Foundations of Your AI Workflow Earned авг. 10, 2026 EDT
AI Infrastructure: Storage Options Earned авг. 7, 2026 EDT
AI Infrastructure: Deployment Types Earned авг. 7, 2026 EDT
AI Infrastructure: Cloud TPUs Earned авг. 7, 2026 EDT
AI Infrastructure: Cloud GPUs Earned авг. 7, 2026 EDT
AI Infrastructure: Introduction to AI Hypercomputer Earned авг. 7, 2026 EDT
Google Security Operations - Deep Dive Earned авг. 7, 2026 EDT
Introduction to Google Security Operations: Unified SecOps Earned авг. 7, 2026 EDT
Introduction Google Security Operations (SOAR) Earned авг. 7, 2026 EDT
Introduction to Google Security Operations (SIEM) Earned авг. 5, 2026 EDT
Google Cloud Database Migrations: Strategy Earned авг. 4, 2026 EDT
Architecting an AI Inference Stack Earned авг. 4, 2026 EDT
AI Boost Bootcamp: How to Use Gemini for Marketing 201 Earned авг. 4, 2026 EDT
Create Your First Gemini Enterprise Application Earned авг. 4, 2026 EDT
Enterprise Agents and Use Cases Earned авг. 4, 2026 EDT
Agent Fundamentals Earned авг. 3, 2026 EDT
Scaling with Google Cloud Operations Earned авг. 1, 2026 EDT
Trust and Security with Google Cloud Earned авг. 1, 2026 EDT
Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud Earned авг. 1, 2026 EDT
Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence Earned июля 31, 2026 EDT
Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud Earned июля 31, 2026 EDT
Digital Transformation with Google Cloud Earned июля 31, 2026 EDT
Gen AI Agents: Transform Your Organization Earned июля 29, 2026 EDT
Gen AI Apps: Transform Your Work Earned июля 29, 2026 EDT
Gen AI: Navigate the Landscape Earned июля 29, 2026 EDT
Gen AI: Unlock Foundational Concepts Earned июля 29, 2026 EDT
Gen AI: Beyond the Chatbot Earned июля 29, 2026 EDT
Model Armor: Securing AI Deployments Earned июля 28, 2026 EDT
Introduction to Security in the World of AI Earned июля 28, 2026 EDT
Responsible AI for Developers: Fairness & Bias Earned июля 27, 2026 EDT
Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) with Agent Platform: Model Evaluation Earned июля 27, 2026 EDT
Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) for Generative AI Earned июля 27, 2026 EDT
Build a Certification Study Guide: PMLE Earned окт. 22, 2024 EDT

Learn to design, coordinate, and deploy multi-agent systems using Google’s Agent Development Kit (ADK) and the Model Context Protocol (MCP). Using a travel concierge example, you'll learn to orchestrate a network of specialized agents with custom guardrails. By the end of the course, you'll understand the design patterns and deployment strategies required for robust, scalable AI workflows. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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This is an introductory level micro-learning course that explores what large language models (LLM) are, the use cases where they can be utilized, and how you can use prompt tuning to enhance LLM performance. It also covers Google tools to help you develop your own Gen AI apps. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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This is an introductory level microlearning course aimed at explaining what Generative AI is, how it is used, and how it differs from traditional machine learning methods. It also covers Google Tools to help you develop your own Gen AI apps.

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In this Google DeepMind course, you will learn the fundamentals of language models and gain a high-level understanding of the machine learning development pipeline. You will consider the strengths and limitations of traditional n-gram models and advanced transformer models. Practical coding labs will enable you to develop insights into how machine learning models work and how they can be used to generate text and identify patterns in language. Through real-world case studies, you will build an understanding around how research engineers operate. Drawing on these insights you will identify problems that you wish to tackle in your own community and consider how to leverage the power of machine learning responsibly to address these problems within a global and local context.

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Identify critical assets and their compliance requirements.

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Learn how to use Gemini Notebook to create a personalized study guide for the Professional Cloud Network Engineer certification exam. You'll review Gemini Notebook features, add sources to your notebook, and learn how to personalize your Gemini Notebook experience to study for the exam.

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Learn how to use Gemini Notebook to create a personalized study guide for the Professional Security Operations Engineer certification exam. You'll review Gemini Notebook features, create a notebook in Gemini Notebook, and learn how to use a study guide to practice for a certification exam.

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Take your agents from localhost to production. This course teaches you to deploy ADK agents to Agent Runtime and Cloud Run, with optional cross-session memory via Memory Bank. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program. Join the community forum for questions and discussions

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This video covers how to use Google Vids to transform presentation decks into fully animated product overview videos, complete with AI voiceovers and Veo-generated motion clips.

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Welcome to the "AI Infrastructure: Networking Techniques" course. In this course, you'll learn to leverage Google Cloud's high-bandwidth, low-latency infrastructure to optimize data transfer and communication between all the components of your AI system. By the end, you'll grasp the critical role networking plays across the entire AI pipeline from data ingestion and training to inference and be able to apply best practices to ensure your workloads run at maximum speed.

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This course was designed to prepare Google Workspace Administrators to troubleshoot common Google Workspace issues. Learners will practice diagnosing and resolving problems in Gmail, Calendar, and Drive, and navigating the Admin console. They will also experience analyzing audit logs to troubleshoot security issues, and gathering information and using available resources to troubleshoot and report technical issues.

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This course empowers learners to secure their Google Workspace environment. Learners will implement strong password policies and two-step verification to govern user access. They will then utilize the security investigation tool to proactively identify and respond to security risks. Next, they will manage third-party app access and mobile devices to ensure security. Finally, learners will enforce email security and compliance measures to protect organizational data.

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This course equips learners with skills to govern data within their Google Workspace environment. Learners will explore data loss prevention rules in Gmail and Drive to prevent data leakage. They will then learn how to use Google Vault for data retention, preservation, and retrieval purposes. Next, they will learn how to configure data regions and export settings to align with regulations. Finally, learners will discover how to classify data using labels for enhanced organization and security.

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This course was designed to give learners a comprehensive understanding of Google Workspace core services. Learners will explore enabling, disabling, and configuring settings for these services, including Gmail, Calendar, Drive, Meet, Chat, and Docs. Next, they'll learn how to deploy and manage Gemini to empower their users. Finally, learners will examine use cases for AppSheet and Apps Script to automate tasks and extend the functionality of Google Workspace applications.

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This course was designed to provide an understanding of user and resource management in Google Workspace. Learners will explore the configuration of organizational units to align with their organization's needs. Additionally, learners will discover how to manage various types of Google Groups. They will also develop expertise in managing domain settings within Google Workspace. Finally, learners will master the optimization and structuring of resources within their Google Workspace environment.

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This course aims to empower Google Workspace users to efficiently automate cross-application tasks, significantly boosting productivity and streamlining daily operations. Learners will gain practical skills in designing and configuring automations as well as customizing steps in Google Workspace Studio.

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This course introduces Google Vids, an AI-powered creation tool in Google Workspace that helps you turn raw documents into professional, engaging videos without prior editing experience. You will learn how to quickly generate drafts using templates and automated tools, as well as how to customize your content with transcript-based editing, dynamic visual enhancements, and custom music. Finally, you will explore how to integrate AI avatars and voiceovers to seamlessly narrate your presentations across various business use cases.

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This course covers how to use Gemini in Google Drive to manage and retrieve files. Learn to locate assets using natural language, extract specific facts via AI Overviews without opening files, instantly summarize multiple media formats, and save file collections as Projects for repeatable research. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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This course covers how to use Gemini in Google Chat to streamline business messaging. Learn to cut through notification noise with summaries, use natural language search to locate buried decisions, and refine message tone with real-time writing tools. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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This course covers how to use Gemini in Google Meet to enhance video collaboration. Learn to automate note-taking, utilize real-time text and speech translation, privately catch up on missed discussions, and instantly optimize your audio and video quality. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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This course covers how to use Gemini in Google Sheets to automate data organization and crunch complex numbers. Learn to structure tables from raw text, auto-populate data using natural language, generate native spreadsheet formulas on demand, and rapidly extract high-level insights or visualizations without needing advanced spreadsheet expertise. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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This course covers how to use Gemini in Google Slides to transform concepts into visually compelling presentations. Learn to generate structured decks from a single prompt or existing source document, refine slide layouts using automated design enhancement, create custom vector graphics and photos, and dynamically craft on-slide copy alongside precise speaker notes.

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This course covers how to use Gemini in Google Docs to streamline your writing and content creation. Learn to draft documents from scratch, refine writing tone and clarity with interactive tools, summarize complex files, and seamlessly transform long-form text into structured assets for other Google Workspace applications. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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This course covers how to use Gemini in Gmail to optimize your email management. Learn to summarize lengthy threads, retrieve information using natural language, draft professional responses, and organize communication strategies directly inside your inbox. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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Google Workspace with Gemini provides customers with generative AI features in Google Workspace. Here, you will learn about the key features of Gemini and how they can be used to improve productivity and efficiency. Continue building your skills in the full Google Workspace with Gemini learning path, and explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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In this course, you’ll take a comprehensive journey through the storage solutions available on Google Cloud, specifically tailored for AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads. You’ll learn how to choose the right storage for each stage of the ML lifecycle. You’ll explore how to optimize for I/O performance during training, manage massive datasets for data preparation, and serve model artifacts with low latency. Through practical examples and demonstrations, you’ll gain the expertise to design robust storage solutions that accelerate your AI innovation.

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This course provides a comprehensive guide to deploying, managing, and optimizing AI and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads on Google Cloud. Through a series of lessons and practical demonstrations, you’ll explore diverse deployment strategies, ranging from highly customizable environments using Google Compute Engine (GCE) to managed solutions like Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE). Specifically, you’ll learn how to create clusters and deploy GKE for inference.

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Welcome to the Cloud TPUs course. We'll explore the advantages and disadvantages of TPUs in various scenarios and compare different TPU accelerators to help you choose the right fit. You'll learn strategies to maximize performance and efficiency for your AI models and understand the significance of GPU/TPU interoperability for flexible machine learning workflows. Through engaging content and practical demos, we'll guide you step-by-step in leveraging TPUs effectively.

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Curious about the powerful hardware behind AI? This module breaks down performance-optimized AI computers, showing you why they're so important. We'll explore how CPUs, GPUs, and TPUs make AI tasks super fast, what makes each one unique, and how AI software gets the most out of them. By the end, you'll know exactly how to pick the right GPU for your AI projects, helping you make smart choices for your AI workloads.

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Ready to get started with AI Hypercomputer? This course makes it easy! We'll cover the basics of what they are and how they help AI with AI workloads. You'll learn about the different components inside a hypercomputer, like GPUs, TPUs, and CPUs, and discover how to pick the right deployment approach for your needs.

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Take these next steps to learn more about the Google Security Operations Platform. Build on fundamental knowledge to go deeper on customization and tuning.

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This course provides a foundational introduction to Google SecOps, focusing on the platform’s architecture, deployment, and configuration. Partners will explore how SecOps integrates SIEM and SOAR components into a unified environment that enhances visibility, scalability, and security efficiency. Through short, hands-on videos and practical demonstrations, the course equips participants with the knowledge to plan and deploy SecOps environments confidently.

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This course introduces the SOAR component of Google SecOps, guiding learners through setup, response automation, and reporting. With demos, hands-on examples, and quizzes, participants will learn how to simplify investigations and make day-to-day security operations more efficient. The course is designed around short videos, averaging about five minutes each, divided into granular topics to support different learning styles and fit into the time learners have available.

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This course provides a comprehensive, end-to-end exploration of Google SecOps SIEM, guiding learners from foundational concepts to advanced investigation and detection engineering. Participants will gain hands-on experience with data ingestion, normalization, RBAC configuration, searching, and dashboarding using both legacy and native capabilities. Through structured modules, demos, and curated examples, the course emphasizes real-world investigation workflows, UDM-based analytics, and YARA-L rule development. By the end of the course, learners will be equipped to operationalize SIEM effectively within their environment and build scalable processes for detection, investigation, and reporting.

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Ready to move your databases to Google Cloud? This course provides the strategy. Learn to evaluate business drivers to overcome high on-premise costs and vendor lock-in. Use Migration Center to discover assets, analyze TCO, and build a phased wave plan. You’ll learn to choose the right migration path and identify the right Google Cloud solutions for your workloads. You'll leave with a data-driven business case and a clear roadmap, ready to win executive buy-in and lead a successful migration.

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This course is designed for developers looking to build an optimized AI inference stack on Google Cloud. Whether you’re working with GPUs or TPUs, you’ll explore the fundamental components of an inference stack, learn design principles for maximizing performance and reliability, and explore practical techniques to take your workloads from 0 to 1.

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Take your marketing skills to the next level in under 50 minutes with AI Boost Bootcamp. Based on Google’s own proven internal training, this course empowers you to master Gemini for marketing (across Google Workspace and Gemini Enterprise). Learn how to use Gemini for market research, campaign execution, content creation at scale, and performance reporting. You’ll also learn how to build custom AI agents for marketing with Gemini Enterprise. Start amplifying your unique skills and earn your completion badge today.

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Create your first Gemini Enterprise application to earn a skill badge! Connect diverse data sources to your application to build a powerful, unified search and analysis engine. Master advanced capabilities like deep research agents, multi-agent ideation, and Gemini Notebook for focused analysis. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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Discover how AI agents drive business impact. You’ll map agent types to your KPIs and explore use cases that solve real bottlenecks. Then, learn how Gemini Enterprise empowers you to build and orchestrate the right agents—from no-code to high-code solutions. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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This course introduces the fundamentals of AI agents and explores where agents add value in the real world. It provides a foundation for developers, architects, and technical decision-makers who want to understand AI systems through the lens of autonomous, goal-directed behavior. Explore other content in the Gemini Enterprise Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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Organizations of all sizes are embracing the power and flexibility of the cloud to transform how they operate. However, managing and scaling cloud resources effectively can be a complex task. This course explores the fundamental concepts of modern operations, reliability, and resilience in the cloud, and how Google Cloud can help support these efforts. As part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.

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As organizations move their data and applications to the cloud, they must address a rapidly evolving landscape of security challenges. This course explores the foundations of cloud security, the value of Google Cloud’s secure-by-design infrastructure, and the defense-in-depth strategy, while highlighting how AI-driven operations and compliance tools help organizations meet strict global regulatory requirements. As part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.

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Many traditional enterprises use legacy systems and apps that can't stay up-to-date with modern customer expectations. Business leaders often have to choose between maintaining their aging IT systems and investing in new products and services. This course explores these challenges and offers solutions to overcome them by using cloud technology. As part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.

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Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) represent an important evolution in information technologies that are quickly transforming a wide range of industries. Innovating with Google Cloud Artificial Intelligence explores how organizations can use AI and ML to transform their business processes. As part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.

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Cloud technology is a powerful asset, and when paired with data, it becomes a catalyst for innovation and enhanced customer experiences. Exploring Data Transformation with Google Cloud examines how organizations can leverage the cloud to make their data more accessible, actionable, and valuable. As part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.

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Digital transformation is a critical journey for modern organizations, and establishing a strong baseline in cloud computing is the first step toward driving meaningful innovation. Digital Transformation with Google Cloud introduces the core technologies and strategic frameworks that help organizations modernize their operations. This course explores fundamental cloud concepts, global network infrastructure, and the shared responsibility model to help leaders navigate their path to the cloud with confidence. As part of the Cloud Digital Leader learning path, this course aims to help individuals grow in their role and build the future of their business.

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Gen AI Agents: Transform Your Organization is the fifth and final course of the Gen AI Leader learning path. This course explores how organizations can use custom gen AI agents to help tackle specific business challenges. You gain hands-on practice building a basic gen AI agent, while exploring the components of these agents, such as models, reasoning loops, and tools. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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Transform Your Work With Gen AI Apps is the fourth course of the Gen AI Leader learning path. This course introduces Google’s gen AI applications, such as Google Workspace with Gemini and Gemini Notebook. It guides you through concepts like grounding, retrieval augmented generation, constructing effective prompts and building automated workflows.

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Gen AI: Navigate the Landscape is the third course of the Gen AI Leader learning path. Gen AI is changing how we work and interact with the world around us. But as a leader, how can you harness its power to drive real business outcomes? In this course, you explore the different layers of building gen AI solutions, Google Cloud’s offerings, and the factors to consider when selecting a solution.

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Gen AI: Unlock Foundational Concepts is the second course of the Gen AI Leader learning path. In this course, you unlock the foundational concepts of generative AI by exploring the differences between AI, ML, and gen AI, and understanding how various data types enable generative AI to address business challenges. You also gain insights into Google Cloud strategies to address the limitations of foundation models and the key challenges for responsible and secure AI development and deployment.

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Gen AI: Beyond the Chatbot is the first course of the Gen AI Leader learning path and has no prerequisites. This course aims to move beyond the basic understanding of chatbots to explore the true potential of generative AI for your organization. You explore concepts like foundation models and prompt engineering, which are crucial for leveraging the power of gen AI. The course also guides you through important considerations you should make when developing a successful gen AI strategy for your organization.

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This course reviews the essential security features of Model Armor and equips you to work with the service. You’ll learn about the security risks associated with LLMs and how Model Armor protects your AI apps. Explore other content in the Gemini Agent Ready (GEAR) program.

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) offers transformative possibilities, but it also introduces new security challenges. This course equips security and data protection leaders with strategies to securely manage AI within their organizations. Learn a framework for proactively identifying and mitigating AI-specific risks, protecting sensitive data, ensuring compliance, and building a resilient AI infrastructure. Pick use cases from four different industries to explore how these strategies apply in real-world scenarios.

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This course introduces concepts of responsible AI and AI principles. It covers techniques to practically identify fairness and bias and mitigate bias in AI/ML practices. It explores practical methods and tools to implement Responsible AI best practices using Google Cloud products and open source tools.

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This course equips machine learning practitioners with the essential tools, techniques, and best practices for evaluating both generative and predictive AI models. Model evaluation is a critical discipline for ensuring that ML systems deliver reliable, accurate, and high-performing results in production. Participants will gain a deep understanding of various evaluation metrics, methodologies, and their appropriate application across different model types and tasks. The course will emphasize the unique challenges posed by generative AI models and provide strategies for tackling them effectively. By leveraging Google Cloud's Agent Platform, participants will learn how to implement robust evaluation processes for model selection, optimization, and continuous monitoring.

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This course is dedicated to equipping you with the knowledge and tools needed to uncover the unique challenges faced by MLOps teams when deploying and managing Generative AI models, and exploring how Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform empowers AI teams to streamline MLOps processes and achieve success in Generative AI projects.

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Learn how to use Gemini Notebook to create a personalized study guide for the Professional Machine Learning Engineer (PMLE) certification exam. You'll review Gemini Notebook features, create a notebook, and use the study guide to practice for a certification exam.

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