Pearson Accelerates and Increases the Development of AI Learning Content To Meet Growing Demand From Students and Professionals

HOBOKEN, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As Generative AI rapidly evolves and demand soars for AI-related skills, Pearson (FTSE: PSON.L), the world’s leading learning company, is bringing to market new learning content covering the application of AI. According to the World Economic Forum The Future of Jobs Report 2023, the increase in adoption of advanced technologies like AI means that 44% of workers will need to be upskilled or reskilled over the next five years.

Pearson’s new AI content will help more students and technology professionals understand large language models, machine learning, deep learning, cybersecurity, and ethics. This includes:

• More than 10 new IT professional AI titles covering topics from prompt engineering to the use of AI in customer support.
• Updates to existing AI-focused higher education and professional learning content to ensure the most up-to-date information, including titles like Quick Start Guide to Large Language Models by Sinan Ozdemir.
• 30 on-demand AI video courses and more than 580 hours of live virtual AI training events taught by the same industry experts who author Pearson titles. Video content development will double from what we brought to market in 2023.

Tom ap Simon, President of Pearson Higher Education said, “With AI skills becoming increasingly important in the job market and helping humans be more productive, the need for AI learning is growing. We’re seeing more interest than ever in AI video content for IT professionals, and higher education courses. Now is the time for learners to seize the new opportunities being fueled by AI, and Pearson content helps them do that.”

“The rapid evolution of AI means people are learning and getting up to speed while the technology itself is changing. Keeping pace with AI is an ongoing challenge, especially for professionals who constantly need new skills for their jobs. I’m thrilled Pearson is committed to authors bringing our expertise to learners quickly and responsibly,” said Pearson author, Sinan Ozdemir.

Pearson is committed to investing in the responsible application of AI to advance product innovation and enhance the learning experience to educate, certify, and credential students and the workforce.

A selection of the new AI titles, AI-focused video courses, and live AI training and events are provided below:

Titles

• Beyond the Algorithm: AI, Security, Privacy, and Ethics, 1e by Omar Santos and Petar Radanliev
• The AI Revolution in Networking, Cybersecurity, and Emerging Technologies, 1e by Omar Santos, Samer Salam, Hazim Dahir
• Programming Large Language Models with Azure Open AI: Conversational Programming and Prompt Engineering with LLMs, 1e by Francesco Esposito
• The Minimum You Need to Know to Master Applied Data Science and Machine Learning, 1e by Mark Levene and Martyn Harris
• Generative Analysis: The Power of Generative AI for Object-Oriented Software Engineering with UML, 1e by Jim Arlow and Ila Neustadt
• The AI Revolution in Customer Service and Support: A Practical Guide to Impactful Deployment of AI Models, 1e by Ross Faulkner Smith Jr., Mayte Cubino González, Emily McKeon
• The AI Revolution in Project Management by Vijay Kanabar and Jason Wong

Video courses

• Quick Guide to ChatGPT, Embeddings, and Other Large Language Models (LLMs) with Sinan Ozdemir
• Introduction to Transformer Models for NLP with Sinan Ozdemir
• Learning Deep Learning with Magnus Ekman
• The Essential Machine Learning Foundations with Jon Krohn
• Skill Up with Python: Data Science and Machine Learning Recipes with Shaun Wassell

Live virtual training and events

• Deploying GPT and Large Language Models with Sinan Ozdemir
• AI & ML Tools for Deep Learning, LLMs, and More with Rob Barton and Jerome Henry
• ChatGPT Prompt Engineering Cookbook with Shaun Wassell
• ChatGPT and GitHub CoPilot in 4 Hours with Tim Warner
• Generative AI Security (Special Event) hosted by Omar Santos

This content builds on Pearson’s flagship AI titles including Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, which is authored by Stuart Russell, Professor at University of California-Berkeley and one of the 2023 Time 100 Most Influential People in AI, and Peter Norvig, Director of Research at Google and Distinguished Education Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

About Pearson

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