AICertified Award
Meet your Article 4 AI literacy obligation. Three focused online modules that give every employee who uses, oversees or is affected by AI the working knowledge the EU AI Act requires — in plain language, with no technical background needed.
The requirement
The EU AI Act does not only regulate the systems you build and buy. It also places a duty on you to make sure the people around those systems understand them. This programme is built to meet that duty directly.
Providers and deployers of AI systems must ensure a sufficient level of AI literacy among their staff and anyone else operating AI systems on their behalf.
Literacy proportionate to people's technical knowledge, experience, education and the context in which the AI systems are used — not a one-size-fits-all technical course.
The Article 4 obligation has applied across the EU since 2 February 2025, ahead of the Act's wider enforcement milestones.
Evidence that training has been provided and completed. Every learner receives an AICertified award you can hold on file.
Article 4 of the EU AI Act requires providers and deployers of AI systems to ensure a sufficient level of AI literacy among their staff and anyone operating AI systems on their behalf. That obligation has applied since 2 February 2025 and it covers everyone who touches AI at work — not just technical teams.
AI Foundations for the EU AI Act is a short, practical programme built specifically to satisfy that requirement. Across three three-hour online modules your people learn what AI is and how it works, how to use generative AI tools safely and effectively, and how to supply the right context so AI outputs are accurate, appropriate and properly reviewed.
The programme is designed for organisation-wide rollout. Learners complete it online at their own pace, and every learner who completes it receives an AICertified award you can hold on file as evidence of the AI literacy measures you have put in place.
Three three-hour online modules, taken from the opening modules of the Professional Diploma in AI. Study online at your own pace.
A qualification that finally made AI practical for my day job
I'd read endlessly about AI but never knew where to start applying it. The certification gave me a structure, real use cases and the confidence to bring ideas to my leadership team that actually got signed off.
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It gave me the language and the credibility to lead change
What I valued most was how grounded it was in governance and responsible use, not just tools. I came away able to make the case for AI adoption in a way stakeholders trusted.
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The best investment I've made in my career in years
It future-proofed my skill set. The certification is recognised, the content is current, and it opened conversations and opportunities that simply weren't there before.
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From curious about AI to leading it in my organisation
The course was flexible enough to fit around a full-time role, but rigorous enough to be taken seriously internally. Within months I was the person colleagues came to with AI questions.
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Strategy first, tools second — exactly what I needed
Too much AI training is a tour of apps. This focused on how to think about AI in a business context, which is what actually moves the needle at senior level.
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I was applying what I learned the very same week
Every module had something I could put to work immediately. By the end I'd rebuilt several of our team's workflows and freed up hours every week.
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Rigorous, current and immediately useful
The depth surprised me. It challenged how I was thinking about AI in our operating model and gave me a framework I've since used to prioritise where we invest.
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Most online courses deliver content and hope learning follows. AICertified is built differently. Every lesson combines expert content, applied practice, and real-time AI feedback, so your people finish with capability you can prove.
Ian Dodson
Founder, AICertified & the Digital Marketing Institute
Thursday 13 August 2026 · Recording now available
The deadline has passed and the rules are live. We cut through the post-August confusion — starting with the biggest misunderstanding of all: that the "delay" let you off the hook. Find out what really changed, what's now expected of you, and how to catch up fast.
Ian Dodson
Founder and CEO of AICertified
Thursday 2 July 2026
Ian explores why most AI initiatives stall before they reach the ground floor and what organisations can do instead. Drawing on his experience scaling the Digital Marketing Institute to over 100,000 customers worldwide, he walks through a practical, bottom-up framework for AI adoption that motivates teams, reduces resistance and drives measurable growth without overcomplicating the process.
Abdullah Abu-Hassan
AI Solution Engineer at Microsoft
Thursday 18 June 2026
Abdullah Abu Hassan explores how organisations can design, build and scale autonomous AI systems, covering AI agents, automation workflows, orchestration, context engineering and practical enterprise use cases.
Alan Thornton
EU AI Act navigator and author of Regulated
Thursday 14 May 2026
Alan Thornton explores practical steps organisations can take to prepare for the EU AI Act, including governance, transparency obligations, risk classification and compliance readiness.
Nine hours online, an AICertified award for every learner, and documented evidence of the AI literacy measures Article 4 expects.
