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Understanding ChatGPT

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Updated 05/2025
Learn how to use ChatGPT. Discover best practices for writing prompts and explore common business use cases for the powerful AI tool.
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An Introduction to ChatGPT

ChatGPT, by OpenAI, is a conversational language model that has gripped headlines worldwide, placing the power of AI at your fingertips. In this course, you’ll learn everything you need to know to begin using ChatGPT effectively and responsibly. No prior knowledge is required. Start learning about the capabilities and limitations of ChatGPT today, so you can start effectively leveraging the power of AI.

Learn Best Practices For Writing Prompts

ChatGPT can perform some truly remarkable feats, but only if the information provided is clear and interpretable. The first half of this course will teach you the best practices for prompting ChatGPT to generate the highest-quality and most relevant content.

Translate ChatGPT Into Business Value

You'll learn about common business use cases for ChatGPT, such as text summarization, explaining complex concepts, drafting marketing content, and generating and explaining code. You'll also learn how to apply a framework to identify new, suitable use cases to integrate ChatGPT.

By the time you complete this course, you’ll have the confidence to use ChatGPT in various situations, improving your speed and efficiency in a host of different tasks.

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  • Wesam
    2 minutes

    Very useful and enjoyable

  • Dominic
    about 1 hour

    Very easy to follow. Very useful graphics and exercises.

  • Milind
    about 2 hours

  • Mohammad
    about 2 hours

  • Wadley
    about 5 hours

    This course provided some much needed insight about ChatGPT that further my understanding of the tool.

  • Andy
    about 6 hours

"Very useful and enjoyable"

Wesam

"Very easy to follow. Very useful graphics and exercises."

Dominic

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