Advance your career in AI by learning about the tools that power today's most intelligent systems, with the Google Cloud: Generate Smarter Generative AI Outputs professional certificate — developed by Google Cloud and delivered on edX.
Designed for developers, data scientists, and AI practitioners, this program builds your ability to create, deploy, and optimize generative AI solutions on Google Cloud. It's delivered through three courses:
- Introduction to AI and Machine Learning on Google Cloud
- Introduction to Image Generation
- Vector Search and Embeddings
Establish a broad foundation in AI and machine learning. Learn how predictive and generative models are developed within Google Cloud's data-to-AI ecosystem, and explore the suite of services — including Vertex AI and Gemini — that enable end-to-end model development. Gain hands-on experience building an ML model, tuning prompts, and using multimodal capabilities to generate smarter, more efficient AI outputs.
Dive into the world of image generation and diffusion models. Explore the deep learning techniques behind many of today's most advanced creative AI systems. Understand how these models are inspired by thermodynamics, explore the progression from unconditioned to text-to-image generation, and learn to train and deploy diffusion models using Google Cloud's Vertex AI platform.
Discover how to make AI systems more useful through intelligent search. Explore semantic and hybrid search methods using vector embeddings, and learn to design retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines that minimize hallucinations and improve contextual accuracy. By applying these concepts, you'll build a robust understanding of how to construct AI agents that retrieve and generate information with precision.
Throughout this program, you'll work through practical labs and guided exercises to reinforce technical learning, and apply concepts directly within the Google Cloud environment. By the end, you'll have the knowledge to design generative AI applications that produce higher-quality outputs — from creating images and content to powering smarter search and recommendation systems.
