Finland is offering a wildly popular Elements of Artificial Intelligence online course to all EU citizens for free. The initiative was launched to mark the approaching end of Finland's presidency of the Council of the EU. The Finnish Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment will finance the project, which was valued at 1.7 million euros. The Finnish government announced that the goal of the project is to attract one per cent of EU citizens or five million people to complete the course in 2020 and 2021. The offer of the online programme represents an innovative way to say goodbye to more traditional gifts such as books or scarves.

Finland is opening up a wildly popular Elements of Artificial Intelligence online course to all EU citizens. The announcement was made in Brussels on Tuesday to mark the approaching end of Finland's presidency of the Council of the EU. Finland assumed the rotating six-month presidency in July this year, shortly after the Antti Rinne administration assumed office. Rinne has since stepped down as Prime Minister and now heads a caretaker administration until a new cabinet is sworn in on Tuesday. The government said that the goal of the project is attract one percent of EU citizens – five million people – to complete the course in 2020 and 2021.