How to Use AI to Round Out Your Skill Set
There’s a growing demand for AI skills, and whether you’re aiming for a promotion or looking for a new job, understanding how to use and work with AI systems can help give you a competitive edge. In fact, a recent LinkedIn report found a 75% increase in members adding AI-related skills to their profile each…
Now You Can Use ChatGPT to Discover Codecademy Courses
You already turn to ChatGPT when you need to look up some syntax, write a cover letter, or make a vacation itinerary for your upcoming PTO. And now, with Codecademy’s new ChatGPT plugin, you can ask the chatbot for customized recommendations for coding courses and paths to take. Since OpenAI announced in March that they…
How to Use ChatGPT to Market Your App or Project
AI is making waves in marketing, and with the right tools and knowhow, promoting your apps and software can be a breeze. From identifying your target audience to creating engaging ads and copy, AI tools can save you a ton of time and effort. Plus, you don’t need to know any fancy marketing strategies or…
How Engineers Actually Use ChatGPT in Their Daily Workflow
If there’s one trait that developers collectively share, it’s a love of problem-solving. It’s a thrill to discover a workaround, diagnose a pesky problem, or collaborate with a dev who helps you across the finish line of a project. With advancements in OpenAI’s ChatGPT, there are countless new ways to approach a problem, work smarter,…
How ChatGPT Can Help You Learn More Programming Languages
At Codecademy, we like to think of ChatGPT as an overconfident study buddy. The AI chatbot will answer your prompts with ease and speed, but it’s also known to get facts wrong or blatantly make things up. That’s why ChatGPT alone can’t teach you how to code — you need tutorials, hands-on practice, and insight…
Codecademy’s 5 AI Principles & What They Mean for You
At Codecademy, we’re committed to making sure that all the work we do is ethically sound. It’s a responsibility we take seriously, particularly now, as AI profoundly transforms our world. There’s a lot at stake, and we want the next gen of developers and people learning to code to understand what it means to be…
AI Won’t Kill Programming — But It Will Transform How We Code
In 2013, Codecademy’s Co-Founder Zach Sims appeared on The Colbert Report to talk about our mission to teach everyone to learn to code. An incredulous Stephen Colbert posed a prescient question: “Why do I need to understand that? Can’t I just say, ‘Siri, code for me.’” Fast forward 12 years, and it’s still a daunting…
Hate Networking? ChatGPT Can Make It Easier
People in tech are finding ways to use ChatGPT to be more efficient in their jobs — and the AI can also help you fast-track your job search. Networking can be tough, especially when you’re just starting out in your career and you’re still trying to get a sense of direction. Even if you have a general…
7 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Language Models
Everyone’s been talking about artificial intelligence (AI) as generative AI systems have become more mainstream over the past year. But the technology underlying these impressive programs isn’t new. The use of language models, computer programs that learn to understand and generate human language by analyzing large amounts of text, goes back decades. Today, language models are…
The Difference Between AI, Machine Learning, & Deep Learning — Explained
In the past eight months since ChatGPT debuted, AI has gone from a futuristic concept saved for sci-fi plots to a catch-all term for any technology with extraordinary capabilities. As a developer or code dabbler, you might be well aware that AI is a nuanced topic, and that there’s a difference between AI, machine learning,…













