OpenAI Certifications: AI Foundations
A course and certification where you practise real tasks inside ChatGPT and earn a credential for job-ready AI skills. It can lead on to a broader OpenAI Certification.
Good to know: OpenAI describes AI Foundations as launching through pilot programmes with employers and public-sector partners. Check OpenAI's site for whether you can join today.
- Issuer
- OpenAI
- Level
- Foundational
- Focus
- AI literacy (no coding)
- Who it is for
- Workers and students who want to show practical everyday AI skills.
What the exam covers
Listed as the issuer lists them, with weights where the issuer publishes them.
- Core, practical AI skills that apply across roles and industries, learned and practised inside ChatGPT
Key terms to know
Words from this certification's topic areas, in plain English. Know these and the study material will be much easier to follow.
- Prompt engineering
- Writing instructions so a model gives better answers.
- Hallucination
- When a model states something false in a confident way.
- Context window
- How much text a model can consider at one time.
- Responsible AI
- Building and using AI fairly, safely, transparently and with accountability.
- Personal data (PII)
- Information that identifies a person and must be protected.
Build the knowledge here
Our lessons are not exam prep for this certification, but they cover the same ground.
Details last checked Oct 7, 2026 against the issuer's own pages. Exams, versions and rules change. Confirm on the official page before you book. We are not affiliated with OpenAI.