GRAND RAPIDS, MI — A new course at Grand Rapids Community College aims to help students learn about artificial intelligence by using the technology to solve real-world business problems.

The creation of the new course, set to launch in winter 2026, was supported through a three-year, $438,685 grant from the National Science Foundation, NSF. The course is open to students in GRCC’s associate of applied sciences program and its AI certificate program.

In a release, the college said its grant application was supported by 20 local businesses, including Gentex, TwistThink and the Grand Rapids Public Museum. The businesses have pledged to work with students who will use business data to develop an AI project such as a chatbot that interacts with customers, or a program that automates social me

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