Lesson 1: Why Safe AI Use at Work Is Part of Your Job
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Use AI at work without putting your company, clients, or job at risk. Learn to classify work data, how company AI plans differ from personal accounts, what to ask before trying a new tool, extension, or agent, how to follow your AI policy and ask for approval, how to check and disclose AI output, and finish with a one-page checklist. No code.
AI tools can save you hours at work, but one rushed paste into the wrong tool can put company data, client trust, and your own job at risk. This short course explains how to use AI safely at work from the employee side, in plain language and with no code. You will start with the common ways AI incidents happen at work, such as confidential files going into personal accounts, browser extensions with too much access, and AI drafts with made-up figures reaching a client. Then you will learn a simple five-level model for work data: public, internal, confidential, personal, and client data, and what each level means for AI use, plus how to remove names and details so a task becomes safer. You will see how personal AI accounts differ from company plans in admin control, training on data, retention, and contracts, and why your IT team and your vendor's current terms are the source of truth. The second half covers shadow AI, the questions to ask before you connect a new tool, extension, or agent to your work accounts, how to read your company's AI policy, and how to write a clear approval request. You will learn four checks for AI output before it goes to a client or your boss: accuracy, confidentiality, copyright, and bias, and when to say that AI helped. You will finish with a one-page personal checklist and four practice scenarios. The course is free, and you earn a free certificate when you pass the final exam.
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It depends on your company's AI policy. Many companies approve certain tools and plans for certain kinds of data. This course shows you how to find those rules, what to ask IT, and how to request approval for a new tool.
No. It is for employees who use AI in their daily work. If you lead a team and need to write AI rules, SOPs, or a shared prompt library, see AI for Working Professionals: The Manager's Playbook.
No. Vendor terms on training and data retention change often and differ by plan. The course teaches you what to look for and tells you to confirm the current terms with your IT team.
That course covers personal AI safety, like what never to paste into a chatbot and how to change your own privacy settings. This course covers work: company data, AI policies, approvals, and checking output before it goes to a client or your boss.
No. The course mentions privacy laws like GDPR in general terms only. Your company's policy, legal team, and IT team are the right sources for rules that apply to you.
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