Completely new to AI
Start with the words, then the ideas. No assumed knowledge.
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Learn AI
AI knowledge, made accessible.
Learn AI by the Institute of AI is the home of AI education for learners of all levels. Clear, accessible AI learning designed to help you build knowledge, confidence, and capability. Always free, always open.
Learners across the UK study with the Institute of AI
Open to everyone From the UK's professional body for AI 100% free, no card required
— Three ways in —
However much time you have.
A proper sit-down lesson, a few minutes of straight answers, or a definition you can take in while the kettle boils. Same standard of review, whatever the depth.
Self-paced
AI Lessons
Structured lessons that build understanding from first principles, each ending in a short quiz and a completion you can verify publicly.
Browse the lessons A few minutesQuick Answers
The questions people actually ask about AI, at the school gate, in the boardroom, and at the dinner table, answered straight.
Browse the questions Under a minuteAI Glossary
Every term you will meet, defined in plain English. Enough to follow the headlines, judge the tools, and join the debate.
Open the glossaryJoin Others Learning AI
Free to start. Free to finish. Free to prove.
— Start where you are —
Same AI, very different starting points.
Tell us who's asking and we'll take you straight to the right shelf.
A parent
Homework, screen time, safety. The questions other parents are asking, answered without alarm.
A teacher
What AI means for your classroom, your marking, and your students.
Running a business
Cut through the sales pitches. What the tools do, what they cost, and what to watch.
Working in AI
Sharpen the practice. Agents, evaluation, and the vocabulary your colleagues keep using.
Just curious
No agenda, no deadline. Browse the questions everyone else was too polite to ask.
Teach with IoAI
Free for everyone to take. Open for anyone to teach.
Learn AI is open to anyone who teaches AI well, whether you teach it in a classroom, a lecture theatre, or a Monday stand-up. Contributed lessons carry your name, are reviewed to the same standard as everything else here, and stay free to the people who take them.
Contribute a lessonReviewed, not just published
Contribution is open to anyone, and the standard the teaching is held to stays exactly the same.
Credited on the lesson itself
Your name sits on the lesson page, shown to every learner who opens it, rather than in the small print.
— Beyond the individual —
Bringing it to a class,
a charity, or a whole organisation.
Learn AI is built for individuals, and the same material sits behind free programmes for the places where AI literacy is hardest to fund.
Schools
Teaching a class
Curriculum-aligned lesson plans, teacher training, and free Student membership for under-25s, at no cost to the school.
See the schools programmeCharities
Running a charity
Starter kits, a prompt library for fundraising and comms, and pro bono advice clinics for charity teams.
See the charities programmeOrganisations
Getting an organisation ready
The UK AI Readiness Charter sets out five plain-English pledges, free to sign and public to verify.
Read the Charter— Common questions —
What people ask
before they start.
Is Learn AI really free?+
Yes. Every lesson, quick answer, and glossary entry is free to take and free to finish, including the quiz and your record of completion. There is no trial, no card, and no upsell.
Do I need an account?+
Not to start. The opening section of every lesson, all quick answers, and the whole glossary are open to anyone. A free Member account unlocks the rest of each lesson, the end-of-lesson quiz, and your record of completion.
Do I need a technical background?+
No. The AI Essentials track assumes nothing at all, and everything on Learn AI is explained in plain English. Where a term matters, the lesson explains it before it uses it.
What do I get when I finish a lesson?+
A record of completion held on your profile, with a public verification page you can link from a CV or a LinkedIn profile. Anyone you send it to can check it.
Who makes the lessons?+
Lessons come from the Institute of AI and from contributors: educators, practitioners, training providers, and organisations who teach the subject well. Every lesson names whoever taught it on the lesson page, and contributed lessons say so plainly.
How does this relate to accreditation?+
Learn AI is free and open to everyone, and nothing on it is a prerequisite for anything. Accreditation is the step beyond: four levels, from Student to Fellow, assessed against the Institute of AI's competency framework rather than self-declared.
— Where this leads —
From your first lesson to
accreditation.
Learn AI is free for everyone, and every lesson ends in a completion you can verify. Accreditation is the step beyond: four levels, from Student to Fellow, assessed against the framework this content is built on.