Since 2013, Simplon, thanks to its network of schools in France and internationally, has supported the training and integration of more than 30,000 people, including 45% people with little or no qualifications. From the spring, and in collaboration with Meta, the company plans to deliver introductions to generative AI to more than 30,000 French people.
In the coming months, the two partners will carry out the first 8 face-to-face workshops in Marseille, Lyon, Paris, Lille, Nantes, Rennes, Montpellier and Bordeaux. The AI initiation workshops will last half a day.
Workshops in spring and Mooc
Too short of course to turn the participants into artificial intelligence professionals. It’s not ambition. The free workshops, open to all without prerequisites, aim to raise awareness “of the first notions and getting to grips with generative artificial intelligence.”
Note that in addition to the face-to-face, the organizers will offer an online version of the workshops, in the form of a MOOC “emphasizing numerous practical exercises.” On the program, three main components.
According to the information communicated, participants – who will receive a training certificate issued by Simplon – will be offered an overview of the offer, functionalities and use cases, an introduction to the solutions as well as awareness raising. to the challenges and good use of generative AI.
To deliver these workshops to thousands of people, Gafam and Simplon are joining forces with Impact AI, a collective of companies and organizations whose action aims to promote the adoption of responsible AI. The network of schools also intends to mobilize “regional employment and technology ecosystems”, including French Tech, France Travail and the CCIs.
A “technology for uses with high added value”
Meta and Simplon are not their first collaboration. In full Metaverse euphoria, the American giant set up the Metaverse Academies. Meta then had a target of 10,000 recruitments.
Since then, the firm led by Mark Zuckerberg has put the emphasis back on artificial intelligence – without giving up investing massively in the metaverse and its technologies, including virtual reality. As for Simplon, it has been developing AI training for several years now in collaboration with Microsoft.
Last April, the Microsoft by Simplon AI Schools celebrated their 5th anniversary with a total of 905 learners. Since 2021, these training courses have been available on other technologies including the cloud and business apps, providing training in cloud professions and application development.
But the trend of the moment is generative AI. For Frédéric Bardeau, president and co-founder of Simplon.co, generative AI “is a major opportunity to use technology for high value-added uses, whether personal or professional.”