Master ChatGPT & OpenAI APIs – Build AI Tools in Python

Course Overview

Updated in May 2025. This course now features Coursera Coach! A smarter way to learn with interactive, real-time conversations that help you test your knowledge, challenge assumptions, and deepen your understanding as you progress through the course. Unlock the full potential of ChatGPT and OpenAI APIs with this hands-on course! You'll learn to integrate AI into real-world applications, automate tasks, generate creative content, and build AI-powered tools using Python. From fundamental concepts to advanced techniques, this course takes you through AI communication, prompt engineering, and OpenAI API interactions. Your journey begins with an introduction to ChatGPT, covering its history, capabilities, and practical use cases. You'll dive deep into how ChatGPT works, exploring its neural networks, tokenization, and language models. As you progress, you'll apply your knowledge by creating engaging content, generating images with Midjourney, and coding applications with OpenAI’s API. The course also covers mastering prompt engineering for both text and image generation, ensuring you craft high-quality AI interactions. You’ll build real-world AI projects like recommendation engines, cover letter generators, and virtual realtor apps using OpenAI’s API. Finally, you'll explore the LangChain framework to enhance AI-powered applications. Ideal for developers, data scientists, and AI enthusiasts, this course requires basic programming knowledge (Python preferred) but welcomes those eager to learn. Whether you want to boost productivity, automate workflows, or create AI-driven apps, this course will equip you with essential AI skills.