Technology & Skills

Coursera’s CEO Wants its Chatbot to Become Your Personal Tutor

Five minutes with the head of the online education platform on remote learning trends, the top skills and why a four-day week won’t work for his company.

Jeff Maggioncalda, Coursera CEO

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Coursera Inc.’s chief executive officer Jeff Maggioncalda wants to give you an AI-generated personal tutor.

The online learning platform has recently launched Coach, a chatbot tool that plugs into ChatGPT. It answers questions by sifting through and summarizing Coursera’s entire curricula.