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Learn the basics in plain language.
Short lessons, a glossary of key terms, six principles and a quiz. Start with the Everyone path: five lessons, about 35 minutes.
Learning paths
Pick a path.
35 min
Everyone
The basics for anyone who works with AI at work.
Open path →45 min
Leaders
For people who set direction and sign off risk.
Open path →60 min
Builders
For product, engineering and data science.
Open path →60 min
Compliance and legal
For compliance, legal, privacy and risk.
Open path →30 min
Procurement
For people who buy AI.
Open path →40 min
HR
For HR teams using AI in hiring and people decisions.
Open path →Lessons
Short lessons, 5 to 8 minutes each.
Each lesson has a goal, key points, an example and a "What to do now" list. All lessons are drafts until reviewed.
Stage 1 · 8 min · Draft
Building a governance program
Start and grow a program with clear decision rights.
Stage 1 · 6 min · Draft
Using AI tools at work
Use general AI tools safely and know your organization's rules.
Stage 1 · 6 min · Draft
What AI governance is
Explain AI governance in one minute.
Stage 1 · 8 min · Draft
Writing policy that can be enforced
Draft policy statements that can be followed, checked and approved.
Stage 3 · 8 min · Draft
Providers, deployers and the value chain
Identify your role, because your role decides your duties.
Stage 3 · 8 min · Draft
Risk tiers explained
Use risk to decide how much governance a system needs.
Stage 4 · 8 min · Draft
Data, privacy and AI
Handle personal data in AI lawfully and carefully.
Stage 4 · 8 min · Draft
Working with AI vendors
Buy AI safely, from due diligence to exit.
Stage 5 · 8 min · Draft
Evidence an auditor will trust
Produce audit evidence that is complete, traceable and timestamped, and spot compliance drift.
Stage 5 · 9 min · Draft
Fairness and bias testing
Plan a basic bias test and act on the result.
Stage 5 · 8 min · Draft
Generative AI risks
Use generative AI safely and know what to test.
Stage 5 · 7 min · Draft
How AI systems fail
Recognize common failure types.
Stage 5 · 8 min · Draft
Security for AI systems
Recognize threats specific to AI and test for them.
Stage 6 · 8 min · Draft
AI agents and automation
Control systems that take actions, not just produce text.
Stage 6 · 8 min · Draft
Human oversight that works
Design oversight that is real, not a rubber stamp.
Stage 6 · 6 min · Draft
Transparency and explanations
Decide what to tell people about AI, and how.
Stage 7 · 8 min · Draft
Incidents and what to do
Respond well when AI goes wrong.
Stage 7 · 7 min · Draft
Metrics that mean something
Measure governance honestly and spot false security.
Stage 8 · 7 min · Draft
Reporting to leaders
Report clearly and honestly, and make a defensible recommendation.
Principles
Six ideas behind every framework
Fairness, transparency, accountability, privacy, safety and oversight.
Glossary
50 key terms
In plain words, with region chips where meanings differ.
Role guide
Provider or deployer?
Six yes or no questions for a first idea of your role under the EU AI Act.
Quiz
Test what you have learned
A five-question quiz for every learning path, plus a site quiz.
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