AI courses and certifications
Member courses and certifications from the Enterprise Technology Association (ETA), plus free courses from trusted providers. Start the ETA certification free with Level 1: Foundations.
ETA Certified AI Empowered Professional
A six-course curriculum in AI Fluency and Using AI Agents at Work, from foundations to advanced, with a knowledge check in every module and a final assessment in every course.
Level 1: Foundations is free. Levels 2 and 3 are included with ETA Pro membership and above, or $149 per level ($249 for both). Finish all three levels to earn the full certification.
- Level 1Free
Foundations
Start here: the essentials of AI and agents at work.
- Level 2$149
Practitioner
Reliable, repeatable results across your job.
- Level 3$149
Advanced
Lead, scale and govern AI and agent work for your team.
- AI Fluency: Advanced3.7 hr
- AI Agents at Work: Advanced3.1 hr
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Learning paths →12 results
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MIT 6.S191: Introduction to Deep Learning
MIT's fast-paced deep learning course, 2026 edition: nine lectures plus labs covering neural networks, language models and generative AI. Best for learners comfortable with code and math.
FreeAdvanced · Video series · 9 lectures plus labs - DeepLearning.AI
AI for Everyone
Andrew Ng's non-technical course on what AI can and cannot do, how to spot opportunities in your organization and how to lead AI projects. Free to audit.
FreeBeginner · Video course · Free to audit - Harvard University
CS50's Introduction to AI with Python
Harvard's full lecture series on the ideas behind modern AI, from search and probability to machine learning and neural networks, with Python projects.
FreeIntermediate · Video series · Full lecture series - Google
Introduction to Generative AI
A 45 minute starting point from Google that explains what generative AI is, how it works and where it fits at work. It opens a free five-course path; the videos are free and hands-on labs are paid.
FreeBeginner · Video course · 45 min first course - Anthropic
AI Fluency: Framework and Foundations
A practical course on working with AI well: delegating tasks, describing what you need, judging the output and using AI responsibly. Built with Ringling College and University College Cork faculty, with tracks for educators, students and nonprofits.
FreeBeginner · Video course · 3-4 hrs - OpenAI
OpenAI Academy
Self-paced videos and live workshops on using ChatGPT at work, prompting, and AI for K-12 educators. No certificate.
FreeBeginner · Video course · Self-paced - Microsoft
Generative AI for Beginners
Twenty-one short lessons from Microsoft Cloud Advocates, each with a video, that take you from prompt basics to building simple generative AI apps.
FreeBeginner · Video course · 21 lessons - Code.org
How AI Works
Short, friendly videos from Code.org that explain how AI learns from data. Great for families, K-12 classrooms and anyone starting from zero.
FreeBeginner · Video series · Short videos - Grant Sanderson
Neural Networks series
Grant Sanderson's visual explanations of how neural networks and transformers actually work. A bridge from curious beginner to builder.
FreeIntermediate · Video series · Short video series - IBM
IBM Technology explainers
Five to fifteen minute whiteboard explainers from IBM on AI agents, retrieval, governance and other terms you hear at work.
FreeBeginner · Video series · 5-15 min videos - Enterprise Technology Association (ETA)
AI Fluency: Foundations
ETA Certified AI Empowered Professional · Level 1: FoundationsA plain-language introduction to generative AI at work. Learn how AI tools produce answers, where they help and where they fail, and complete your first safe, effective workflow with ETA's ADAPT framework.
FreeBeginner · Self-paced online · 83 minEarns 1 credit hour - Enterprise Technology Association (ETA)
AI Agents at Work: Foundations
ETA Certified AI Empowered Professional · Level 1: FoundationsLearn what AI agents are, how much to let them do with the ETA Agent Autonomy Ladder, and how to give an agent its first task with a clear brief, the right approvals and a careful review.
FreeBeginner · Self-paced online · 83 minEarns 1 credit hour
Credentials and certification
Hours-based credentials: AI Explorer, AI Empowered Professional and AI Empowered Leader
Earned with verified credit hours: courses you complete here or on an AI Ready site, plus ETA workshops, AI Week sessions, masterclasses and other training you log on My learning. Each credential needs more hours than the last.
See your hours and log trainingSix-course certification: ETA Certified AI Empowered Professional
A curriculum certification, separate from the hours-based credentials: six courses across three levels, each with knowledge checks and a final assessment. Each level is recorded as you finish it, and finishing all three earns the certification.
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