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A focused collection for working professionals who want to apply AI to real decisions, workflows and projects—not simply collect more content.

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The core certificate

AI Fluency Certification

When you want proof, not just progress: a 4-week, project-based certification with a hands-on capstone. The free courses below are the on-ramp.

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Executive picks · free

The leader’s track.

Curated, refreshed and substantial — the free courses we recommend leaders start with. Free account, no payment details.

Foundations of AI Fluency — course cover
Recommended starting point 01

Foundations of AI Fluency

Understand what AI fluency really means for a leader — the fundamentals, why it matters now, and where it changes your decisions. Refreshed for 2026 with a hands-on capstone and an AI Coach walkthrough.

Short · Free access
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The Business of AI — course cover
Strategy track 02

The Business of AI

The big picture every leader needs: where AI creates real business value, what’s genuinely changing, and how to think about strategy, teams and risk in the agentic era.

Self-paced · Free access
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Creating an AI Roadmap for your Business — course cover
Roadmap track 03

Creating an AI Roadmap

Turn intent into a plan: find where AI fits in your business, prioritise the opportunities that matter, and build a roadmap you can act on — with an embedded workbook.

Self-paced · Free access
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From Prompting to Systems — course cover
Workflows track 04

From Prompting to Systems

Move past one-off prompts: design repeatable AI workflows for your team’s real work — built for non-technical leaders.

Self-paced · Free access
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Data Maturity and Data Strategy — course cover
Data track 05

Data Strategy & Maturity

Build an agent-ready data strategy: where your data stands today and what to fix first, so AI has something solid to work with. Refreshed for 2026.

Self-paced · Free access
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The Manager's Hands-On Guide to OpenClaw — course cover
Agents track 06

The Manager’s Guide to OpenClaw

A hands-on walkthrough for putting an AI agent to work in your team — practical implementation for managers, not theory.

Self-paced · Free access
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Safe AI & governance · open access

Govern before you scale.

Pick a sector, a role, a regulation, or a technical control. Each course is open access and built for people who have to ship and stay accountable.

Leadership & foundations (3)

AI Governance Training for Executives: The Decisions Only the Board Can Make course coverAI Governance Training for ExecutivesStart free → AI Governance per CdA e C-Suite: rischio, responsabilità e conformità course coverAI Governance per CdA e C-SuiteStart free → Using AI Safely at Work: A Practical Playbook for Teams and Organisations course coverUsing AI Safely at WorkStart free →

Regulation (13)

AI Literacy Training: How to Meet the EU AI Act Article 4 Duty course coverAI Literacy TrainingStart free → Colorado AI Act Compliance: Duties for Developers and Deployers of High Risk AI course coverColorado AI Act ComplianceStart free → EU AI Act Article 50 Transparency: Labelling Chatbots, Deepfakes and Synthetic Content course coverEU AI Act Article 50 TransparencyStart free → EU AI Act Compliance: Build a Working Compliance Plan Before December 2027 course coverEU AI Act ComplianceStart free → EU AI Act GPAI Obligations: What Model Providers and Downstream Deployers Must Document course coverEU AI Act GPAI ObligationsStart free → EU AI Act High Risk Readiness: Getting an Annex III System Ready for 2 December 2027 course coverEU AI Act High Risk ReadinessStart free → EU AI Act Prohibited Practices: Screening Your Systems Against the Article 5 Bans course coverEU AI Act Prohibited PracticesStart free → EU AI Act for Deployers: The Duties That Apply When You Buy AI Rather Than Build It course coverEU AI Act for DeployersStart free → FCA AI Compliance: Governing AI in Financial Services Under Existing UK Rules course coverFCA AI ComplianceStart free → NYC Local Law 144 Bias Audits: Commissioning, Running and Publishing an AEDT Audit course coverNYC Local Law 144 Bias AuditsStart free → Online Safety Act and AI: Duties for Platforms Hosting and Generating Content course coverOnline Safety Act and AIStart free → UK AI Governance Training: How AI Is Regulated Without a UK AI Act course coverUK AI Governance TrainingStart free → US State AI Laws: Colorado, California and the Rules That Bind Multi State Firms course coverUS State AI LawsStart free →

Standards (6)

ISO 42001 Annex A Controls: Turning Each Control Into Evidence an Auditor Accepts course coverISO 42001 Annex A ControlsStart free → ISO 42001 Certification: Preparing Your Organisation for Stage 1 and Stage 2 Audits course coverISO 42001 CertificationStart free → ISO 42001 Implementation: From Scope Statement to Stage 2 Audit Readiness course coverISO 42001 ImplementationStart free → ISO 42001 Internal Auditor Course: Plan, Run and Report an AI Management System Audit course coverISO 42001 Internal Auditor CourseStart free → ISO 42001 Training: How the AI Management System Standard Works and What It Demands course coverISO 42001 TrainingStart free → NIST AI RMF Training: Running Govern, Map, Measure and Manage on Real Systems course coverNIST AI RMF TrainingStart free →

Technical practice (21)

AI Bias Testing: Measuring Fairness With Numbers You Can Defend course coverAI Bias TestingStart free → AI Evals in Practice: Building Test Suites That Predict Real Failure course coverAI Evals in PracticeStart free → AI Guardrails Engineering: Blocking Bad Output Without Breaking the Good course coverAI Guardrails EngineeringStart free → AI Incident Response: Detecting, Containing and Reporting AI Failures course coverAI Incident ResponseStart free → AI Medical Device Regulation: Meeting MHRA and EU Rules for Software as a Medical Device course coverAI Medical Device RegulationStart free → AI Procurement Training: Buying AI With Contracts and Evidence That Protect You course coverAI Procurement TrainingStart free → AI Risk Assessment: Scoring, Documenting and Treating Risk in a Way That Survives Review course coverAI Risk AssessmentStart free → AI Safety Cases: Writing a Structured Argument That a System Is Safe Enough course coverAI Safety CasesStart free → Agentic AI Safety: Governing Systems That Plan, Act and Spend on Your Behalf course coverAgentic AI SafetyStart free → Data Governance for AI: Provenance, Rights and Quality Controls Models Depend On course coverData Governance for AIStart free → Hallucination Detection and Verification: Catching Confident Wrong Answers course coverHallucination Detection and VerificationStart free → LLM Observability: Tracing, Scoring and Debugging Language Model Applications course coverLLM ObservabilityStart free → LLM Red Teaming: Finding Failures Before Attackers and Regulators Do course coverLLM Red TeamingStart free → LLM Security: Defending Applications Against Injection, Leakage and Model Abuse course coverLLM SecurityStart free → ML Model Validation: Independent Review That Stands Up to Audit course coverML Model ValidationStart free → Model Monitoring and Drift Detection: Catching Silent Failure Before Customers Do course coverModel Monitoring and Drift DetectionStart free → Ontology Grounded AI Verification: Checking Output Against a Formal Model of the World course coverOntology Grounded AI VerificationStart free → Provably Safe AI: Causality, Formal Methods and Neurosymbolic Systems course coverProvably Safe AIStart free → The AI Safety Landscape: UK Institutions, Schools of Thought and the Research Frontier course coverThe AI Safety LandscapeStart free → Verified AI Agents: Constraining Autonomous Systems With Checks They Cannot Skip course coverVerified AI AgentsStart free → Verifiers: Checking LLM Output Without Another LLMStart free →

By role (14)

AI Training for Compliance Teams: Building an AI Control Framework That Holds Up course coverAI Training for Compliance TeamsStart free → AI Training for Finance Professionals: Controls, Audit Trails and Numbers You Can Sign course coverAI Training for Finance ProfessionalsStart free → AI Training for Healthcare Professionals: Clinical Judgement Alongside Automated Advice course coverAI Training for Healthcare ProfessionalsStart free → AI Training for Internal Auditors: Auditing Models, Data and Decisions With Confidence course coverAI Training for Internal AuditorsStart free → AI Training for Lawyers: Using and Advising on AI Without Professional Risk course coverAI Training for LawyersStart free → AI Training for Public Sector Staff: Lawful, Transparent and Challengeable Decisions course coverAI Training for Public Sector StaffStart free → AI Training for Small Businesses: Practical Safety Without a Compliance Department course coverAI Training for Small BusinessesStart free → AI Training for Teachers: Using AI in the Classroom Safely and Marking Honestly course coverAI Training for TeachersStart free → Safe AI for Customer Service Teams: Disclosure, Escalation and Answers You Can Defend course coverSafe AI for Customer Service TeamsStart free → Safe AI for Data Scientists: Evidence, Documentation and Testing Regulators Accept course coverSafe AI for Data ScientistsStart free → Safe AI for Developers: Shipping AI Features Without Shipping the Risk course coverSafe AI for DevelopersStart free → Safe AI for Everyone: A Plain-English Introduction course coverSafe AI for EveryoneStart free → Safe AI for HR Teams: Using AI in Hiring and People Decisions Without Breaking the Law course coverSafe AI for HR TeamsStart free → Safe AI for Marketing Teams: Claims, Disclosure and Content You Will Not Retract course coverSafe AI for Marketing TeamsStart free →

By sector (21)

Safe AI in AgricultureStart free → Safe AI in Charities: Adopting AI on a Small Budget Without Risking Beneficiaries course coverSafe AI in CharitiesStart free → Safe AI in Energy and Utilities: Grid Operations, Forecasting and Infrastructure Duties course coverSafe AI in Energy and UtilitiesStart free → Safe AI in Financial Services: Controls That Satisfy Supervisors and Customers course coverSafe AI in Financial ServicesStart free → Safe AI in Healthcare: Deploying Clinical AI Without Harming Patients or Breaching Rules course coverSafe AI in HealthcareStart free → Safe AI in Hospitality: Bookings, Pricing and Guest Data Handled Properly course coverSafe AI in HospitalityStart free → Safe AI in Insurance: Pricing, Underwriting and Claims Automation Under Scrutiny course coverSafe AI in InsuranceStart free → Safe AI in Legal Practice: Firm Wide Controls for AI Assisted Legal Work course coverSafe AI in Legal PracticeStart free → Safe AI in Local Government: Services, Case Decisions and Public Accountability course coverSafe AI in Local GovernmentStart free → Safe AI in Manufacturing: Machine Safety, Quality Control and Predictive Maintenance course coverSafe AI in ManufacturingStart free → Safe AI in Media and Publishing: Provenance, Rights and Editorial Standards course coverSafe AI in Media and PublishingStart free → Safe AI in Pharmaceuticals: Validation, Data Integrity and Regulated AI in Life Sciences course coverSafe AI in PharmaceuticalsStart free → Safe AI in PolicingStart free → Safe AI in Professional Services: Client Work, Confidentiality and Quality Control course coverSafe AI in Professional ServicesStart free → Safe AI in Real Estate: Valuation, Tenant Screening and Property Data Duties course coverSafe AI in Real EstateStart free → Safe AI in Recruitment: Screening Tools, Bias Audits and Candidate Rights course coverSafe AI in RecruitmentStart free → Safe AI in Retail: Pricing, Recommendations and Customer Data Without Regulatory Trouble course coverSafe AI in RetailStart free → Safe AI in Schools: Policy, Safeguarding and Data Protection for Whole School AI Use course coverSafe AI in SchoolsStart free → Safe AI in Telecoms: Network Automation, Customer Systems and Regulatory Duties course coverSafe AI in TelecomsStart free → Safe AI in Transport and Logistics: Routing, Driver Systems and Safety Critical Decisions course coverSafe AI in Transport and LogisticsStart free → Safe AI in UniversitiesStart free →
The open library · no signup needed

Pick a task. Start this afternoon.

Practical beginner courses for everyday work — open to everyone, start learning immediately.

Careers & job hunting

Make a CV or Résumé with AI — course coverMake a CV or Résumé with AIStart free → Write a Cover Letter with AI — course coverWrite a Cover Letter with AIStart free → AI for Job Interview Prep — course coverAI for Job Interview PrepStart free → AI for LinkedIn & Personal Branding — course coverAI for LinkedIn & Personal BrandingStart free →

Everyday work

ChatGPT for Beginners — course coverChatGPT for BeginnersStart free → Write Emails with AI — course coverWrite Emails with AIStart free → AI for Excel & Spreadsheets — course coverAI for Excel & SpreadsheetsStart free → Create Presentations with AI — course coverCreate Presentations with AIStart free → Write Reports with AI — course coverWrite Reports with AIStart free → AI for Data Analysis — course coverAI for Data AnalysisStart free →

Marketing & business growth

AI for Marketing — course coverAI for MarketingStart free → AI for SEO & Keyword Research — course coverAI for SEO & Keyword ResearchStart free → AI for Market Research — course coverAI for Market ResearchStart free → AI for Content Writing & Blogging — course coverAI for Content Writing & BloggingStart free → AI for E-commerce — course coverAI for E-commerceStart free → AI for Sales — course coverAI for SalesStart free → AI for Customer Service — course coverAI for Customer ServiceStart free → AI for Your Small Business — course coverAI for Your Small BusinessStart free → Make a Logo & Brand Kit with AI — course coverMake a Logo & Brand Kit with AIStart free →

Build with AI

Build an AI Agent (No Code) — course coverBuild an AI Agent (No Code)Start free → Build an App with AI (No Code) — course coverBuild an App with AI (No Code)Start free → Claude Code for Beginners — course coverClaude Code for BeginnersStart free →

Specialist picks

AI for Teachers & Lesson Plans — course coverAI for Teachers & Lesson PlansStart free → AI Productivity for New Freelancers — course coverAI Productivity for FreelancersStart free →

In your language

AI per la Tua Piccola Impresa (Italiano) — course coverAI per la Tua Piccola Impresa (Italiano)Start free → 如何在小企业中使用AI（中文） — course cover如何在小企业中使用AI（中文）Start free → AI Fluency Για Ηγέτες (Ελληνικά) — course coverAI Fluency Για Ηγέτες (Ελληνικά)Start free →
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Practical learning shaped through work with professionals and leadership teams.
The people behind the learning

Built for work, not passive watching.

The open library draws on the same practical teaching approach Tesseract uses with professionals and organisations. The testimonial below reflects the wider Tesseract learning experience, not a review of a specific open course.

“There is a good balance between self-paced studies and tutorial sessions. Dr Kampakis has a wide range of experiences across industry and academia. Highly recommended!”
Dr Runli Guo Dr Runli GuoEntrepreneur · Tesseract learner
The learning standard

Completion is only the beginning.

Useful AI fluency shows up in the quality of your work. Treat each course as a short implementation sprint, not another item saved for later.

01
Choose a live problem

Bring a decision, document, workflow or project that matters now.

02
Apply one framework

Use the course to produce something observable, not merely take notes.

03
Review the result

Decide what worked, what needs judgment, and what deserves deeper study.

When application becomes proof

Build towards a project-based credential.

The open library helps you develop fluency. The AI Fluency Certification adds four weeks of structure, an applied capstone and a credential for your CV and LinkedIn. $197 once, with lifetime access.

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