Apple today announced that it will provide training for students and tutors of Apple Developer Academy by using AI technologies and tools. Alumni of Apple Developer College will also have the opportunity to participate in this training. The new core courses will be offered to thousands of students and alumni from 18 developer colleges in 6 countries. The college will continue to provide more opportunities for developers, students and entrepreneurs who are interested in opening up careers in the booming iOS app economy and other fields.
Special AI courses will be added to the college's curriculum system as a basic skill to expand the important abilities in programming, professional skills, design and marketing. They will be launched in many countries around the world to help students master important skills and make contributions to local enterprises and communities. The curriculum system of Apple Developer College also integrates Apple values into teaching, encourages students to carry out all inclusive design, and brings positive impact to the world.
"At Apple, we regard programming as a universal language. We believe that empowering global developers, creators and entrepreneurs through tools and technology can help them create extraordinary experiences," said Susan Prescott, vice president of global developer relations at Apple, "With the launch of AI exclusive courses and other new technologies, we are looking forward to seeing students achieve something that will benefit the local community and the whole world."
Starting this fall, all students of Apple Developer College will benefit from customized courses to learn how to build, train and deploy machine learning models on various Apple devices. Courses include AI technology and framework foundation; Introduce Core ML and how to achieve high performance on Apple devices; How to build and train AI models from scratch. Students will learn from guided courses and project-based assignments, assisted by hundreds of tutors and more than 12000 alumni around the world.
With the release of new Apple technologies and APIs on WWDC24, students will be empowered with more tools to build excellent projects and apps. This includes Xcode 16, which can help developers improve their efficiency to the new standard. These functions and performance improvements also include Swift Assist, which can assist developers in all programming tasks, and help students easily explore new frameworks and try new ideas. In addition, Swift 6 introduces new functions that can enhance code clarity and make concurrent programming easier.
Apple is committed to empowering students at every step of their growth, including helping them explore the foundation of app development through the Apple Global Foundation Program, improving their skills through the Apple Developer Academy, and making their apps more outstanding.