UNESCO partners with Coursera and launches free AI ethics course for learners and institutions worldwide
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Dubai, UAE – Coursera, a leading global online learning platform, today welcomed UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, to its platform with the launch of UNESCO's first free course, the Global MOOC on the Ethics of AI, developed in collaboration with LG AI Research. UNESCO has defined standards for responsible AI usage with the first global framework on AI ethics, endorsed by 193 countries. As AI adoption accelerates, this course helps learners and institutions put those principles into action and strengthen ethical decision-making on a global scale. "Principles alone do not build ethical AI, people do. Through this course, UNESCO is taking the next step in its leadership on AI ethics, translating the Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence into practical learning that empowers people to apply ethical principles throughout the AI lifecycle. This is how we move from shared commitments to meaningful action," said Prof. Khaled El-Enany, Director General, UNESCO. Dr. Lim Woo-hyung, Co-Head of LG AI Research, said: "Through UNESCO's Recommendation on the Ethics of AI, the international community has forged a shared consensus on what ethical AI should be; what's missing is the practice. The real work is to carry ethics through the entire lifecycle - from product development to service operation. We hope this MOOC gives...
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