For companies that want to introduce generative AI into their operations, increasing the number of employees who can use it is also an issue. Under these circumstances, there is a growing movement to provide courses on how to use it for companies.
CyberAgent, an IT company, has been training all of its employees on how to use generated AI since last year, and last month began offering reskilling courses to external companies.
The course is divided into several 4 to 6 hour sessions, and has already received inquiries from over 100 companies about taking the course.
Yu Ito, who is in charge of the reskilling business at CyberAgent, said, ``Some people have said that they have introduced generative AI into their work, but they are having trouble using it, and they don't know what it can be used for.If you don't learn it correctly, you won't be able to use it properly, so you don't learn it properly. "I have to do it," he said.
▽On the other hand, last month, LINE Yahoo started offering reskilling courses for external companies to learn the basic knowledge of generative AI and how to use it in business, and as the introduction of generative AI into business is expanding, companies are The need for reskilling is likely to increase further.
Utilization of generative AI “U.S. companies are more proactive” survey results also show
Survey results show that American companies are more proactive in utilizing generative AI than Japanese companies.
PwC Japan Group, a major consulting company, conducted a survey in March of last year on the state of AI utilization among Japanese and American companies.
According to the survey, at the time of the survey, 54% of Japanese companies said they were currently using AI or planned to use it in 2023, while 92% of American companies said they were using it in 2023.
Furthermore, when asked about the risks of generative AI, Japanese companies answered that in addition to unstable quality, high costs, and lack of knowledge among employees.