AI Foundations
OpenAI's own starting course on how LLMs and ChatGPT work, built around improving one task you do regularly. No technical background needed. You get a free badge after passing the assessment.
Go to the course on OpenAI Academy- Provider
- OpenAI Academy
- Price
- Free
- Certificate
- Free badgePass the assessment with 80% or more to earn a free Accredible digital badge.
- Level
- Beginner
- Time
- About 70 minutes, plus the assessment
- Format
- Self-paced interactive course practised on a real work task, then an assessment. Pass with 80% or more to get a digital badge from Accredible.
- Checked
- 2026-11-05
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What you will learn.
- 01ChatGPT
- 02LLM basics
- 03Prompting
- 04Context
- 05Reviewing outputs
- 06Responsible AI
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Before you enroll.
From the course page, checked 2026-11-05.
- Who it is for
- People new to AI, or who want a stronger foundation for using AI at work.
- You need
- A ChatGPT account
- A real work task to practise on
- What you build
- An improved version of a real task you do regularly
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