Using AI safely at work

The AI literacy course for the digital workplace: what may go into an AI tool and what never should, accounts and shadow AI, the legal framework (EU AI Act, GDPR, copyright, works council), meetings and Copilot, checking results, spotting deepfakes and CEO fraud, using AI agents safely.

The lessons

1. 1
   What this course is about

   Why AI tools at work concern everyone, what the law now requires of you and what you will learn here.

2. 2
   What you can do with AI in the office and where the catch is

   The ten typical uses in everyday office work, each with its benefit and the catch you should know about.

3. 3
   How a language model works and why it can be convincingly wrong

   What lies behind the answer: probabilities instead of knowledge. And what that means for your work.

4. 4
   What may go in and what never should · View free preview

   The most important lesson of the course: a clear line on which data may go into an AI tool.

5. 5
   Accounts, histories, extensions: the invisible side

   Private account or company access, use for training, browser extensions, free translators and file portals: where data leaks out without anyone noticing.

6. 6
   What the law requires: EU AI Act, GDPR, copyright, works council

   The legal situation in Germany made understandable: what is prohibited, what must be labelled, who has a say and who owns an AI text.

7. 7
   Meetings, transcripts and the assistant in your inbox

   Recording, automatic notes, summaries: what is allowed with Teams, Zoom, Copilot and co., and where data travels unnoticed.

8. 8
   Checking, labelling and taking responsibility for AI results

   A short checking routine for everything from the AI that goes outside: to customers, into quotations, into publications.

9. 9
   When AI is the weapon

   How attacks have changed: flawless language, deepfakes and voice clones, and how you can still recognise them.

10. 10
    Prompt injection: when outside content steers the AI · View free preview

    A new attack route: instructions hidden in documents or web pages.

11. 11
    AI agents in office software: when the AI acts on its own

    Assistants like Copilot do not just answer questions, they act: they read your mailbox and files, write and send. What you need to keep in mind.

12. 12
    A usage policy that works in everyday life

    To finish: six sentences you can remember, and what to do if something has happened after all.