In spring 2018, Reaktor and the University of Helsinki came together to help people to be empowered, not threatened, by artificial intelligence (AI). Together they built the Elements of AI course to teach the basics of AI to people from a wide range of backgrounds. The course has over 350,000 registered students so far and has been ranked on Class Central as one of the highest-quality free online courses. The course in available in English, Finnish, Swedish and Estonian. And good news! The Finnish Presidency of the Council of the EU has decided to invest in people’s future skills and will make the Elements of AI online course freely available in all official EU languages by 2021. 350,000 students Over 350,000 students have signed up for the Elements of AI course. 170 countries The course has spread worldwide, with graduating students from over 170 countries. 40% women About 40 % of course participants are women, more than double the average for computer science courses.