Finland to offer EU citizens free online training on the basics of Artificial Intelligence

During 2020-2021, Finland will provide European citizens with free access to an online course named'The Elements of AI'. The initiative, which aims to offer EU citizens free training in future skills, was made public in Brussels on 10 December 2019, in the margins of the meeting of the EU employment ministers. The course, already published in Finnish, English, Swedish and Estonia, will be made available in all the official EU languages soon, informed the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment. This initiative by the Finnish Presidency aims to respond to the challenges posed by the transformation of work and to reinforce the digital leadership of the EU. 'The Elements of AI' is a series of free online courses created by the University of Helsinki and the Finnish tech company Reaktor.