The Government has launched a new national artificial intelligence (AI) training platform designed to provide people with access to AI skills.<\/p>\n
AIReady.ie enables users to learn the fundamentals of AI through free online courses.<\/p>\n
Initially, the platform will offer a series of four free, short courses tailored to older people, small businesses such as sole traders and farmers, and people returning to the workforce.<\/p>\n
It is designed to support people to develop in\u2011demand skills needed for work, study and everyday life, regardless of prior experience or technical background.<\/p>\n
The platform has been developed by SOLAS, in partnership with the National Skills Council, and is designed to make learning about AI more accessible and inclusive.<\/p>\n
Each AI Ready course takes less than 30 minutes to complete and can be accessed on a smartphone, tablet or laptop.<\/p>\n
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Skills James Lawless said the AIReady.ie initiative aims to upskill one million people in AI.<\/p>\n
“We are now at a point where AI readiness is no longer optional \u2013 it is essential,” Mr Lawless said.<\/p>\n
“Being ‘AI\u2011ready’ is about more than technology, it is about giving people the skills, confidence and understanding they need to participate fully in an AI\u2011enabled society,” he added.<\/p>\n
Chairperson of the National Skills Council Dr Kevin Marshall said the new platform will support the development of AI skills.<\/p>\n
“We want people to feel like AI is accessible to them, regardless of their background or stage in life, and this new platform delivers exactly that \u2013 a simple entry point for anyone looking to start their journey with AI,” Dr Marshall said.<\/p>\n
CEO at SOLAS Deirdre McDonnell said the launch of AI Ready marks an important step in making AI skills accessible to everyone in Ireland.<\/p>\n
“By empowering people with these essential skills, we are laying the groundwork for lifelong learning and supporting future growth and progression,” Ms McDonnell said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Government has launched a new national artificial intelligence (AI) training platform designed to provide people with access…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":412648,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[220,218,219,61,60,80],"class_list":["post-412647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-ai","tag-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificialintelligence","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412647","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412647"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/412647\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412647"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=412647"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412647"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}