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Short, self-contained courses on seven AI literacy topics, at five levels from KS1 to adult. Teachers click through the slideshow with the class, then share the QR at the end so students take the quiz on their own devices and print their badge.

Bias

Five self-study courses about how AI reflects the data it was trained on — and who ends up missing when it does.

Badge for Who does the AI draw?
KS1

Who does the AI draw?

Badge for When the AI plays favourites
KS2

When the AI plays favourites

Badge for Bias in AI at work
Adult

Bias in AI at work

Deepfakes

Five self-study courses on AI-generated images and videos, how to spot them, and what to do when you're not sure.

Badge for Deepfakes: what's real, what isn't, how to tell
KS4-5

Deepfakes: what's real, what isn't, how to tell

Badge for Deepfakes at work
Adult

Deepfakes at work

AI energy

Five self-study courses on where the electricity for AI comes from, and how big one query really is.

Badge for The AI's big hungry computers
KS1

The AI's big hungry computers

Badge for AI's hidden energy bill
KS3

AI's hidden energy bill

Badge for AI's real energy bill
KS4-5

AI's real energy bill

Badge for AI Energy at Work
Adult

AI Energy at Work

Hallucination

Five self-study courses on why AI confidently invents things — and how to catch it doing it.

Badge for When the AI makes things up
KS1

When the AI makes things up

Badge for When the AI makes stuff up
KS2

When the AI makes stuff up

Badge for When AI makes things up
KS3

When AI makes things up

Badge for Hallucination: when the AI sounds sure and gets it wrong
KS4-5

Hallucination: when the AI sounds sure and gets it wrong

Badge for Hallucination: when AIs make it up
Adult

Hallucination: when AIs make it up

Non-determinism

Five self-study courses on why asking the same AI the same question twice can give you two different answers.

Badge for The AI's guessing trick
KS1

The AI's guessing trick

Badge for The AI's little choices
KS2

The AI's little choices

Badge for Same question, different answer
KS3

Same question, different answer

Badge for Non-determinism: same question, different answer
KS4-5

Non-determinism: same question, different answer

Badge for Non-determinism at work
Adult

Non-determinism at work

Sycophancy

Five self-study courses on the AI that agrees with everything you say, and why that is harder to notice than it sounds.

Badge for The AI that likes to say yes
KS1

The AI that likes to say yes

Badge for The AI that always says yes
KS2

The AI that always says yes

Badge for Sycophancy: when AI just agrees with you
KS3

Sycophancy: when AI just agrees with you

Badge for Sycophancy: the AI that agrees with everything
KS4-5

Sycophancy: the AI that agrees with everything

Badge for Sycophancy: when your AI just agrees
Adult

Sycophancy: when your AI just agrees

Tokens

Five self-study courses on how AI actually reads what you write — in pieces, not in whole words.

Badge for How the AI reads words
KS1

How the AI reads words

Badge for How AIs read your words
KS2

How AIs read your words

Badge for Tokens: how AIs read your words
KS3

Tokens: how AIs read your words

Badge for Tokens: how AIs read text
KS4-5

Tokens: how AIs read text

Badge for Tokens: the invisible unit running your AI bill
Adult

Tokens: the invisible unit running your AI bill