Generative AI: Introduction and Applications
Completed by Heying Zhang
February 22, 2026
8 hours (approximately)
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What you will learn
Describe generative AI and distinguish it from discriminative AI.
Describe the capabilities of generative AI and its use cases in the real world.
Identify the applications of generative AI in different sectors and industries.
Explore common generative AI models and tools for text, code, image, audio, and video generation.
Skills you will gain
- Category: Prompt Engineering Tools
- Category: Generative Model Architectures
- Category: Generative AI
- Category: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML)
- Category: Machine Learning
- Category: AI powered creativity
- Category: ChatGPT
- Category: Multimodal Prompts
- Category: AI literacy
