OpenAI GPTs: Creating Your Own Custom AI Assistants
Vanderbilt University · View on Coursera ↗
Taught by Dr. Jules White
Computer ScienceData ScienceBusinessInformation TechnologySocial Sciences
About the course
In the era of Generative AI, the demand for personalized and specialized Generative AI assistants is skyrocketing. Large language models like GPTs have demonstrated their remarkable capabilities, but what if you could harness their power to create custom AI assistants tailored to your specific needs? Welcome to the world of custom GPTs, where you can build intelligent systems that understand your domain, speak your language, and solve your unique challenges. This cutting-edge course will guide
The dissent
The most-upvoted critical review (13 votes, 1.0★).
“This Course/certificate is not free (have to buy OpenAI ChatGPT) even if you have monthly subscriptions coursera Plus, If you do not buy you can not finish the certificate. I Kinda felt like cheated, not because I had to pay $21 extra, because you won't know this until you reach to last courses in line of this certificate. It is not mentioned anywhere that buying ChatGPT is mandatory to finish the certificate, also emailed to the University Instructor about it and I got zero response. There is no way to get temporary free student login in ChatGPT just for study purpose like Other Coursera certificates providers gives eg: Google. I have many certificates from coursera, this was my first Vanderbilt University Certificate and going to last from this university.”
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