Google conducted a survey last year asking news organizations about the use of AI. Most respondents expressed the urgent need to educate and train their newsroom about the potential of Machine Learning and other AI-powered technologies. Following which Google launched a free training course in 17 languages on the GNI Training Centre to educate journalists around the world about the impact of AI and ML on their profession.
Mattia Peretti, the manager of JournalismAI, explained how improving AI literacy was needed to change the culture and make an understanding of new tools and systems better.
The new training course, produced by JournalismAI in collaboration with Google News Initiative (GNI) and VRT News, aims to enable more newsrooms to embrace the AI Technology at large to deliver better outcomes.
Google claims that this introduction to Machine Learning is built by journalists, for journalists.
One can track one’s progress by logging in and get a certificate after completion of the course.
The training center also offers a variety of other courses to ease the process of finding, verifying, and telling news stories online to help the journalists.
Google aims to help minimize costs and enhance opportunities for the industry through new technologies offered by JournalismAI.
Google plans on introducing more training resources on AI and ML for journalists to help them explore the potential that AI and ML have to offer.
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