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AI fluency
Digital & Computing

AI fluency

AI fluency is a beginner-friendly learning path designed to build confidence and understanding in artificial intelligence. Through a series of practical sessions, learners explore AI fundamentals, generative AI, responsible AI principles, and the real world impact of AI across work, accessibility, and society. The course also introduces Microsoft Copilot, showing how...
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Level 1: Introductory 5 hrs
AI Hub
Digital & Computing

AI Hub

Welcome to the AI Hub from Microsoft and The Open University. Explore free, accessible courses designed to build your confidence and skills in artificial intelligence. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to deepen your knowledge, the AI Hub supports your learning journey with expert-led, trusted, easy to-use resources.
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Academic versus AI
Science, Maths & Technology

Academic versus AI

...AI in higher education in 2024' - into both ChatGPT and an Open University academic. We wanted to find out if it was easy to spot the difference between the work generated by a human - Mike Richards of the OU’s computing department - and that from a machine. Below are both articles. Read them and then return to our social media channels to tell us which you believe is...
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Article 5 mins
An expert’s take on AI
Digital & Computing

An expert’s take on AI

...AI)? Mike Richards, Senior Lecturer in Computing at The Open University, explains all in this article for National Coding Week. ...Q: What is AI? A: There is no simple answer! AI is a collection of technologies and techniques that aim to reproduce the intelligence that we see in animals and people inside machines, particularly computers. Q: How does AI work? A: There’s...
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Article 5 mins
AI Hub: an introduction
Digital & Computing

AI Hub: an introduction

...AI Hub on OpenLearn is brought to you by The Open University in partnership with Microsoft...Introduction Artificial intelligence is one of the defining technologies of the 21st century. It now underpins many of the systems we use every day: from search engines and recommendation systems to medical diagnostics, climate modelling and creative technologies. As AI continues...
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Article 5 mins
A very brief history of AI
Digital & Computing

A very brief history of AI

...AI) first developed? This article looks at the first wave of AI - in particular ELIZA, one of the very first chatbots...This dialogue in the GIF below appeared in January 1966 scientific article written by the MIT Professor Joseph Weizenbaum. It appears to be a session between a patient and their sympathetic psychotherapist who went by the name ELIZA. [A chat between...
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Article 5 mins
From boom to bust: the AI winter
Digital & Computing

From boom to bust: the AI winter

...AI hiatus from the late 1960s...The explosive growth in the capabilities of AI throughout the 1950s and 1960s proved to be unsustainable. Many of the problems once thought relatively trivial to solve turned out to be anything but. Most notoriously, attempts to develop near instantaneous language translation for the CIA and US military. Despite millions of dollars of...
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Article 5 mins
Using generative AI in relation to legal issues
Society, Politics & Law

Using generative AI in relation to legal issues

...AI works, where its limitations lie, and how it can (and cannot) be used when dealing with everyday legal issues...About: This guidance note, produced by The Open University in collaboration with the law firm Mishcon de Reya LLP, gives a high-level overview of how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) works, its risks, and how it may appropriately be used in relation...
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Article 20 mins