Tech giant Google on May 30 announced the availability of the Google AI Essentials course on the Coursera platform which will provide Pinoys with AI skills in a digitally-evolving world. The Google AI Essentials is a self-paced online course taught by AI experts at Google. Google Trends said that Manila’s high ranking around AI reflected the country’s growing technological awareness, economic aspirations, educational initiatives, government support and the global trend toward AI adoption.