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AI now writes radio copy, cleans and mixes audio, clones voices, transcribes and edits footage, animates characters and builds game scenes, so producers, talent and artists who know the tools and their consent and disclosure rules can work faster without putting their voice, likeness or credibility at risk.

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AI Fluency: Framework & FoundationsAnthropic AcademyYou learn the 4D framework of Delegation, Description, Discernment and Diligence for working with AI systems, plus how generative AI works, its capabilities and limits, and effective prompting techniques. A final assessment earns a certificate.CertificateFree4 hrsElements of AI: Introduction to AIElements of AI (University of Helsinki and MinnaLearn)You learn what AI is and is not, how to frame real problems as search and game trees, how to reason about risk with Bayes' rule, and how machine learning and neural networks work, with no coding required.CertificateFreeSelf pacedOpenAI Academy: AI FoundationsOpenAI AcademyYou learn the core practices for using ChatGPT at work: writing stronger prompts, giving context, checking outputs and using AI responsibly, applied to drafting, summarizing, planning and meeting prep. Scoring 80% or higher on the assessment earns a badge.CertificateFree60 to 75 minGoogle AI Tools for Journalists: Optimizing Editorial Workflow, Content Creation and Audience Engagement (Knight Center)Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas (University of Texas at Austin)You practice prompting and responsible AI use, search document piles with Pinpoint and NotebookLM, create content with Google's generative AI, and look at ways AI can support a newsroom's business model.TrainingFreeHow to use ChatGPT and other generative AI tools in your newsrooms (Knight Center, on demand)Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas (University of Texas at Austin)You get a plain look past the hype at how generative AI works, where it can help a newsroom, and what risks reporters and editors should weigh before starting with tools like ChatGPT.TrainingFreeSelf pacedPrompt Engineering 101 for Journalists (Knight Center, on demand)Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas (University of Texas at Austin)You learn what large language models are, write prompts built for reporting and editing tasks, set up simple no code automations, and look at AI image tools and their ethics for newsrooms.TrainingFreeAI and Editing: Uses, Drawbacks and Ethics (Poynter)The Poynter InstituteYou learn what generative AI is, when an editor should and should not use it, which tools help communicators, and how to disclose AI use to your audience using a framework for ethical decisions.Training$125 and upSelf pacedAI for Music and Audio (Berklee Online, OLMSC 100)Berklee Online (Berklee College of Music)You learn how AI hears music, from spectrograms and beat tracking to stem separation and chord recognition, then try automatic mixing, AI mastering and text to music generation while thinking through authorship and copyright.Certificate$5254 weeksAI for Songwriters (Berklee Online, OSONG 100)Berklee Online (Berklee College of Music)You use chatbots and audio generators to brainstorm lyrics, seed ideas and arrange songs in your DAW, then work with AI vocal synthesis and voice conversion while weighing the ethics of each tool.Certificate$5254 weeksAI for Creative Work Specialization (University of Michigan)University of MichiganYou learn how AI tools fit into creative work, judge them with the SIFT method (Specify, Identify, Focus, Trust), weigh the risks of generative AI for artists, and use AI to stretch your own ideas.CertificatePrice not published14 hrsAI in Media Specialization (Saïd Business School, University of Oxford)Saïd Business School, University of OxfordYou learn how generative AI tools produce text, images, video and audio for media, how recommendation algorithms decide what audiences see, and how copyright, deepfakes and compliance rules shape AI use in production.CertificatePrice not published50 hrsCreate and Enhance Visuals With AI Specialization (Adobe)Adobe (Adobe Certified Professional and Adobe courses)You learn to brainstorm and build visuals with Adobe Firefly, write and refine image prompts, sort ideas on Firefly Boards, and work through licensing, bias and content authenticity questions with brand and legal teams.CertificatePrice not published20 hrsCreative AI: Images and Media (University of the Arts London)University of the Arts London (UAL)You learn how GANs and diffusion models make images, why copyright and consent matter in the datasets behind them, and how to write text to image prompts and experiment with AI animation.CertificatePrice not published9 hrsCreative AI: Sound, Music and Interaction (University of the Arts London)University of the Arts London (UAL)You explore how AI responds to music and movement, think through who is the author when a machine helps make a sound, and try generating audio with AI models.CertificatePrice not published11 hrsPrototype a scene with Unity AI (Unity Learn)Unity Technologies (Unity Learn)You prompt the Unity AI Assistant to lay out a scene, then generate a character animation, materials and textures, an avatar sprite and background audio, and finish by sharing the prototype.TrainingVaries10 minThe AI Advantage for Radio Sales (RAB webinar series, on demand)Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB)You watch RAB demos of its own AI tools for radio sellers, from finding prospects with ProspectingPro to turning a client conversation into a custom spot script with CopyWrite, plus broadcaster examples of AI powered selling.TrainingVaries
IntermediateBuild on the basics. Some experience or a first certificate helps.4
ML Agents: Hummingbirds (Unity Learn)Unity Technologies (Unity Learn)You build a 3D training environment, train flying hummingbird agents with neural networks to find flowers, and then play a mini game against the birds you trained.TrainingFree9 hrsAdobe Certified Professional: Digital Video Using Adobe PremiereAdobe (Adobe Certified Professional and Adobe courses)You show you can cut and finish video in Premiere, including editing from automatic transcripts, extending clips with Generative Expand, cleaning audio with Enhance Speech and Remix, and handling AI generated footage legally.Certification$15050 minAdobe Certified Professional: Product and Experience Design with AI Using Adobe FireflyAdobe (Adobe Certified Professional and Adobe courses)You show you can take a creative brief from idea to delivery in Adobe Firefly: write prompts, generate images, video and sound, keep a style consistent, weigh copyright and bias, and sign final files with Content Credentials.Certification$15050 minAI in Music: Composition, Production, and Analysis (Berklee Online, OLMSC 160)Berklee Online (Berklee College of Music)Over twelve weeks you analyze tracks with music information retrieval, mix and master with intelligent tools, compare generative models from algorithmic composition to transformers, and study the ethics and law of AI music.Certificate$1,57512 weeks

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