Scottish AI Alliance
Living with AI is a free beginner course from Scottish AI Alliance, online. It ends with a free certificate.
Suits anyone, with no technical background, who wants a balanced overview of AI in society, with Scottish examples. What stands out is that it is free with a personalised certificate and covers workers' rights and recruitment. The main caveat is that the course says it won't teach how to build AI, and the 30-day completion window is fixed. A free alternative focused on using AI tools is AI Foundations from OpenAI Academy.
Checked against Scottish AI Alliance on 26 Oct 2026
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Free self-paced online course from the Scottish AI Alliance explaining what AI is and how it is used. Modules cover defining AI, bias, laws and standards, AI in healthcare, public services and policing, AI at work and recruitment, and AI's future. Learners get 30 days to finish and a certificate.
More courses on responsible AI and ethics.
Level: beginner (as stated by the provider). Delivery: online, self-paced.
Not stated by provider.
Free.
Certificate: free certificate. Personalised certificate.
Scottish AI Alliance is a UK provider. We checked this course on its own page on 26 Oct 2026.
It is free to take. We show any paid extras, such as a certificate, as the provider prices them.
If you want a free, government-backed start instead, AI Skills Boost gives every adult in the UK free AI courses, and finishing selected ones earns an AI foundations badge.
None of the UK funding schemes we track pays for this course. See free and funded training by nation for what is funded where you live.
Other UK courses on AI literacy and fundamentals: BCS Foundation Award: Award in Understanding the Role of Ethics in the Responsible Use of AI (PLA) (Cardiff and Vale College), BCS Foundation Award: How AI Can Support Your Organisation (PLA) (Cardiff and Vale College), An Introduction to AI (North East Scotland College).
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Yes: free certificate. The provider calls it "Personalised certificate".
It's a beginner course. The provider does not list prerequisites.
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Yes. Living with AI is free.
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