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# Your guide to free and low-cost AWS courses that can help you use generative AI

*More than 135 AWS trainings on artificial intelligence and machine learning are available to everyone, with all levels of experience.*

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have been a focus for Amazon for over 25 years, and many of the capabilities customers use with Amazon are driven by ML. Since 2023, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has continuously grown its training portfolio to help people take advantage of Amazon’s [new innovations](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/machine-learning/announcing-new-tools-for-building-with-generative-ai-on-aws/) to help customers use generative AI easily within their business.

Generative AI has the potential to revolutionize the way our customers operate by increasing their efficiency, productivity, and ability to innovate. As ways of working continue to evolve, the need for cloud expertise is on the rise. The [World Economic Forum's Future of Jobs Report 2023](https://www.weforum.org/reports/the-future-of-jobs-report-2023) indicates that more than 75% of organizations plan to adopt big data, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence in the next five years.

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- [AWS offers 9 game-based training experiences to power up your cloud skills](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-game-training-cloud-skills)

### New generative AI training courses for people of all roles and experience levels

We’re empowering nontechnical and technical learners, decision-makers, and AWS Partners to build their knowledge and skills with generative AI to help meet the demand for talent who can take advantage of the latest AI/ML technology. We offer a collection of free and low-cost trainings to help people understand, implement, and begin using generative AI.

Training can be taken at your desired pace and the way you like to learn—from brief, on-demand videos to hands-on, interactive challenges in a secure, sandbox AWS environment. Below, you’ll find a snapshot of online, on-demand training offerings by role: nontechnical, developer and technical, and business.

While anyone can take any course, we designed them specifically for:

- People in nontechnical roles, such as marketing, sales, and HR, who want to use generative AI-enabled tools to be more creative, data-driven, and efficient
- Developers and IT professionals who want to use Amazon Q, the most capable generative AI-powered assistant, to improve their productivity and code faster
- Executives seeking to understand how generative AI can address their business challenges
- AWS Partners helping their customers better understand generative AI services and customer use cases

Here are our latest training courses you can explore today to learn how to use generative AI tools—no matter your level of experience.

[Introduction to Generative AI - Art of the Possible](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/17176/introduction-to-generative-ai-art-of-the-possible) instructs learners how to describe the basics of generative AI, its risks, and benefits. They will also be able to articulate how content generation can be used in their business.

[Introduction to Responsible AI](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/19495/introduction-to-responsible-ai) explains responsible AI is and why it is important in the context of generative AI. The course covers core dimensions of responsible AI, as well as establishing best practices for fairness, explainability, privacy, robustness, governance, and transparency.

Introduction to PartyRock on [AWS Educate](https://aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/) teaches you how to use prompts to create your own AI apps.

![AWS GenAI Courses: Essentials of Prompt Engineering](https://assets.aboutamazon.com/dims4/default/b544645/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1600x900+0+0/resize/767x431!/quality/90/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.aboutamazon.com%2Fdb%2Fd8%2F14bc8f8e4a3ca758387befb4f146%2Fabout-amazon-inline-generative-ai-courses.jpg)

[Essentials of Prompt Engineering](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/19611/essentials-of-prompt-engineering) introduces the fundamentals of crafting effective prompts. You will gain an understanding of how to refine and optimize prompts for a range of use cases.

[Amazon Q – Generative AI-Powered Assistant Learning Plan](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/public/learning_plan/view/2207/amazon-q-generative-ai-powered-assistant-learning-plan) includes an [introductory course on Amazon Q](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/19315/amazon-q-introduction) and three “Getting Started” courses to learn the benefits and use cases of each product in the Amazon Q suite: [Amazon Q Business](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/19320/amazon-q-business-getting-started), [Amazon Q Developer](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/19491/amazon-q-developer-getting-started), and [Amazon Q in QuickSight](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/19490/generative-bi-with-amazon-q-in-quicksight-getting-started).

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- [New to Amazon Q? These free training courses can help you get started with AWS’s generative AI assistant.](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-summit-amazon-q-generative-ai-free-courses)

[Amazon Bedrock—Getting Started](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/17508/amazon-bedrock-getting-started) introduces learners to the service. This one-hour course will introduce developers and technical roles to Amazon Bedrock's benefits, features, use cases, and technical concepts.

[Generative AI Foundations on AWS](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhr1KZpdzukf-xb0lmiU3G89GJXaDbAIF) is a technical deep-dive course designed for technologists already familiar with AI modeling. The course includes conceptual fundamentals, practical advice, and hands-on guidance to pre-train, fine-tune, and deploy state-of-the-art FMs on AWS and beyond.

[Amazon Q Developer Getting Started](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/19491/amazon-q-developer-getting-started) helps you understand, build, extend, and operate AWS applications throughout the software development life cycle so you can code faster. This fundamental-level course covers the benefits, features, typical use cases, technical concepts, and cost of using Amazon Q Developer.

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- [I’m an AWS developer. Here are 3 ways I’m using Amazon Q, a generative AI-powered assistant, to work more efficiently.](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/amazon-q-generative-ai-aws-developer-coding-analytics)

[Foundations of Prompt Engineering](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/17763/foundations-of-prompt-engineering) is an intermediate course for prompt engineers, data scientists, and developers to learn the principles, techniques, and the best practices for designing effective prompts. You will also learn how to guard against prompt misuse and how to mitigate bias when interacting with FMs.

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[Generative AI with Large Language Models](https://www.coursera.org/learn/generative-ai-with-llms?utm_campaign=WebsiteCoursesGAIA&utm_medium=institutions&utm_source=deeplearning-ai) is a hands-on course that AWS jointly developed with DeepLearning.AI and Andrew Ng, a pioneer in machine learning and education. This three-week course prepares data scientists and engineers to become experts in selecting, training, fine-tuning, and deploying large language models (LLMs) for real-world applications.

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[Generative AI for Executives](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/16666/generative-ai-for-executives) is a collection of brief and easy-to-follow videos to help C-suite executives understand how generative AI can help address their business challenges and drive business growth.

Generative AI Essentials for Business and Technical Decision Makers is a three-part series that includes: [Introduction to Generative AI - Art of the Possible](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/17176/introduction-to-generative-ai-art-of-the-possible), [Planning a Generative AI Project](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/17256/planning-a-generative-ai-project), and [Building a Generative AI-Ready Organization](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/external/view/elearning/17541/building-a-generative-ai-ready-organization).

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- [Amazon exceeds free cloud training goal early: 31 million learners and counting](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/amazon-free-cloud-training-goal-generative-ai-courses)

AWS and Udemy offer a new upskilling program for executives, [Unlocking GenAI Opportunities with AWS](https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/training-and-certification/unlocking-generative-ai-opportunities-with-aws/). The six-week cohort learning program helps equip leaders with key tools and the knowledge and skills they need to harness the full potential of generative AI to: inspire teams, drive the digital transformation within their organization, and achieve critical business objectives.

[AWS Partner: Generative AI on AWS Essentials (Business)](https://explore.skillbuilder.aws/learn/course/internal/view/elearning/16469/aws-partner-generative-ai-on-aws-essentials-business) teaches AWS Partner customer-facing professionals the basics of generative AI, examines key customer use cases and personas, and explains how generative AI on AWS helps customers reinvent their businesses.

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- [AWS announces 5 new innovations to help everyone build with generative AI](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/generative-ai-updates-aws-summit-new-york-2024)

And we are just getting started. We’ll continue rolling out new courses and educational resources to help you build your knowledge and practical skills with Amazon’s generative AI services.

We offer more than 135 courses and learning resources on AI/ML through [AWS Skill Builder](https://skillbuilder.aws/) and [AWS Educate](https://aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate), online learning centers for learners of varying backgrounds and experiences. Many of these courses are part of Amazon’s commitment to provide [free AI skills training to 2 million people globally by 2025](https://www.aboutamazon.com/news/aws/aws-free-ai-skills-training-courses)—a goal we've already met a year ahead of schedule.