Long before ChatGPT blasted onto the scene and sucked all the air out of the room, there was IBM Watson. Watson itself rose to fame when, in 2011, it beat reigning champion Ken Jennings on the TV game show Jeopardy.
Fun fact: ZDNET’s own Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols was once a clue on Jeopardy.
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Anyway, back to our story. My point is that IBM has a long history with AI and has not been sitting still. Its generative AI solution, Watsonx, focuses on enabling businesses to deploy and manage both traditional machine learning and generative AI, tailored to their unique needs.
I’m telling you this because if any company has the credibility to offer a credential on AI fundamentals, it’s IBM.
IBM’s AI Fundamentals program is available on its SkillsBuild learning portal. The credential takes about 10 hours to …