Introduction to Large Language Models

Introduction to Large Language Models is Google Cloud's bite-sized primer on what an LLM actually is, the situations where one is the right tool, and how prompt tuning changes what it outputs. It closes with a tour of Google's own generative AI development tooling, so it doubles as an orientation for anyone planning to build on Google Cloud's AI stack specifically.

At roughly 2 hours, it's deliberately short — a concept primer, not a hands-on building course. The honest take: it's the right pick if you need to understand LLMs well enough to talk about them confidently or evaluate vendor claims, but it won't teach you to build anything. For hands-on LLM development, pair it with a project-based course.