UNESCO and Coursera Launch Free Global MOOC on AI Ethics

UNESCO and Coursera have launched a free online course, the Global MOOC on the Ethics of AI, lasting nine hours and available in 11 languages including Hindi, Mandarin Chinese, French, and Arabic. Developed with LG AI Research and experts from Carnegie Mellon and the Alan Turing Institute, the course covers topics like privacy, transparency, and human autonomy, and is open to students, tech leaders, and researchers.

The course translates UNESCO's Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence into actionable learning content, providing a standardized resource for global AI ethics education. For educators and students, it offers free, multilingual access to AI ethics learning, potentially influencing the dissemination of AI ethics education and course design. Provides free, multilingual AI ethics educational resources to global learners, lowering barriers to access. Promotes standardization of AI ethics education, potentially influencing school and corporate training course design.