AI Safety for Working Professionals
Protect company data. Check the output. Keep control.
Learn to protect company data, choose approved AI tools, spot hidden instructions, check outputs and report mistakes through eight practical workplace lessons.
Beginner ยท about 27 min reading ยท earn the Workplace AI Safety badge
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Module 1: Before you share
- Five Checks Before You Use AI at WorkCheck the task, company data, approved tool, permitted actions and reviewer before using an AI assistant for work.
- Recognise Company Data Before You Share ItIdentify public, internal, confidential and restricted information in files, screenshots, meeting notes and everyday prompts.
- Check Approved Tools, Training Use and RetentionSeparate training, storage, retention, access and sharing. Confirm the exact AI account and feature approved for company data.
Module 2: While you work
- Prepare an AI Input That Shares Less InformationReduce unnecessary company data, inspect attachments and use fictional examples without mistaking name removal for anonymisation.
- Control Connected Tools and Spot Hidden InstructionsRecognise prompt injection, limit connected access and review an assistant's proposed actions before it sends, edits or shares.
- Check AI Outputs Before They Affect Other PeopleVerify facts, calculations, confidentiality and fairness before an AI draft becomes a work decision or a message to someone else.
Module 3: Respond and practise
- What to Do After an AI Data-Sharing MistakeStop further exposure, report an accidental upload through the right channel and record the facts without spreading company data again.
- Build Your Workplace AI Safety PlanComplete a fictional company-data exercise, correct a flawed update and make a reusable plan for approved AI work in your role.
AI Safety for Working Professionals: common questions
- Is AI Safety for Working Professionals free?
- Yes. All 8 lessons are free to read in full, with no paywall, no trial and no card. You do not have to sign up to take it, and your progress saves in your own browser.
- How long does AI Safety for Working Professionals take?
- About 27 minutes of reading across 8 lessons. Exercises and reflection may take longer. You do not have to do it in one sitting: it remembers where you stopped.
- Do I need any experience to take AI Safety for Working Professionals?
- No. AI Safety for Working Professionals starts from the beginning and assumes no experience with AI and no coding. If you can use a web browser, you can do it.
- What do I get for finishing AI Safety for Working Professionals?
- The Workplace AI Safety badge, and a free printable certificate of completion. LearnWithZavi is not accredited, so the certificate is a record that you finished the lessons rather than a formal qualification, and it says so on the certificate itself.
- What does AI Safety for Working Professionals cover?
- Learn to protect company data, choose approved AI tools, spot hidden instructions, check outputs and report mistakes through eight practical workplace lessons. It is organised into 3 modules: Before you share, While you work, Respond and practise.