By Marni Baker Stein, Chief Content Officer, Coursera
Generative AI is the most sought-after skill on Coursera. However, to fully harness its potential and boost national competitiveness, it’s crucial that we invest in AI education for the public sector workforce.
Today, I’m pleased to announce AI in National Security: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Public Sector Missions, a new course from the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) designed to narrow the digital skills gap in the public sector workforce with AI training tailored to their job tasks.
The course instructors are experts in AI security and deployment and include Dr. Eric Schmidt, Former CEO and Chairman of Google; Andrew Ng, Coursera Co-Founder; Ylli Bajraktari, SCSP President; and retired U.S. Air Force. Lt Gen John (Jack) N.T. Shanahan, Inaugural Director, Department of Defense Joint AI Center (JAIC). The new four-module course aims to provide public sector agencies with the knowledge and skills they need to stay at the forefront of AI innovation, drive successful AI adoption in their daily work, and achieve their goals. This includes:
- Introducing federal workers to the geopolitical context, making AI security and innovation a strategic imperative.
- Providing federal workers with an overview of key AI tools, including ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, explaining their functionalities and prospective applications, including mail and document generation, data visualization, and writing assistance.
- Empowering workers to deploy a comparative analysis of different AI tools and models, understanding their respective advantages and constraints according to criteria, including output accuracy, data security, quality, and model construction.
The Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP) is a non-partisan, non-profit initiative seeking to strengthen America’s long-term competitiveness as AI and other emerging technologies reshape the country’s security, economy, and society. We’re excited to see how public sector workers use this course to harness AI tools, improve their work, and drive new innovations.
Learn more about SCSP’s AI in National Security: Integrating Artificial Intelligence into Public Sector Mission course and enroll today.
