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AI Literacy for Work

What AI can and can't do, the main types of AI, how to use generative AI tools safely with company data, and how to spot the risks — the essentials every employee needs.

📘 6 modules⏱ About 3 hours✅ Knowledge check per module🎓 Final assessment & certificate🎯 No prerequisites

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Modules

  1. 1

    What AI is — and isn't

    A working definition, how AI differs from traditional software, the AI → ML → GenAI family, and common myths.

    20 min
  2. 2

    The main types of AI

    Prediction, classification, recommendation, vision, language and generative AI — what each does at work and how it fails.

    20 min
  3. 3

    Using generative AI at work

    Good use cases, the 4D Framework for delegation, a simple prompt pattern, and approved tools versus 'shadow AI'.

    25 min
  4. 4

    Data, privacy and confidentiality

    Where your data goes, consumer vs enterprise tools, a traffic-light approach, UK GDPR basics, IP and safe habits.

    25 min
  5. 5

    Risks and how to spot them

    Hallucinations, bias, automation bias, deepfakes and scams, prompt injection — and the CHECK routine.

    25 min
  6. 6

    Your responsible AI habits

    Accountability, the AI literacy expectation, when to disclose AI use, meaningful human oversight and a daily habit loop.

    20 min