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Courses, tools and sources the editors have looked at themselves. Each entry states the language, the prior knowledge needed and the price.

BEEuropäische KommissionThe European Commission publishes the official text of the EU AI Act along with guidance and timelines. For legal questions this is the primary source, to which every summary — including ours — is subordinate.EU hostingCourse: 1FIUniversity of HelsinkiThe University of Helsinki runs "Elements of AI", Europe's most widely used free introductory AI course. It is available in German and is aimed explicitly at people without a technical background.EU hostingCourse: 1ATAI AustriaAustrian association promoting artificial intelligence. The most relevant point of contact for the domestic market, with events and a research-and-industry network.EU hostingCourse: 1DEBundesamt für Sicherheit in der InformationstechnikThe German Federal Office for Information Security publishes technical guidance on operating AI systems securely. The papers are more concrete than most consultancy output, and free.EU hostingCourse: 1USDeepLearning.AIAndrew Ng's course provider. "AI for Everyone" is the best-known non-technical introductory course and largely shares its aim with this compass's beginner level.Course: 1USFuture of Life InstituteRuns the AI Act Explorer, a searchable and cross-linked edition of the EU AI Act. Useful when you want to jump from an article to its recitals.Course: 1USHugging FaceA platform for open models with an extensive free course catalogue. Relevant to anyone who wants to understand what happens under the surface, or who runs open models themselves.DPA availableCourse: 1FROECDThe OECD AI Policy Observatory collects regulation, definitions and country reports. Useful for placing European regulation in an international context.EU hostingCourse: 1

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ToolFreeEN

AI Act Explorer

A searchable, cross-linked edition of the EU AI Act. Jumps from an article straight to its recitals.

Far more pleasant than the PDF, but not the official version — when in doubt, use the full text.

Future of Life InstituteGo to offer
ToolFreeDE · EN

AI Austria — network and events

An Austrian research-and-industry network with a regular events programme.

For the Austrian market, the obvious place to start when you are looking for people rather than documents.

AI AustriaGo to offer
CoursePartly free360 minEN

AI for Everyone

Andrew Ng's non-technical introductory course. Around six hours, well suited to managers.

DeepLearning.AIGo to offer
PaperFreeDE

BSI — Security of AI systems

Technical guidance on operating AI systems securely — free, and unusually concrete.

Bundesamt für Sicherheit in der InformationstechnikGo to offer
CourseFree1800 minDE · EN

Elements of AI

A free introductory course from the University of Helsinki, no prior knowledge required. Around 30 hours, with a certificate.

If you want somewhere to go after our beginner path, this is the obvious next step. It overlaps our foundations in places but goes considerably deeper into how things work.

University of HelsinkiGo to offer
PaperFreeDE · EN

EU AI Act — official full text

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 in full, in every official language. The primary source for any legal question.

Our governance articles summarise and contextualise. Where the exact wording matters, this text governs.

Europäische KommissionGo to offer
CourseFree900 minEN

Hugging Face LLM Course

A free technical course on language models. Assumes Python knowledge.

Hugging FaceGo to offer
ArticleFreeEN

OECD AI Principles

The international frame of reference that the European definition also draws on.

AI OPERATING PLATFORM

You don't have to know all of this yourself.

This wiki explains what needs doing. The LumeSec platform does it: it brings together what your AI systems are doing, holds them inside the agreed limits, and records the evidence as it goes.

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  • CorrelateOne picture of what your systems are actually doing.
  • ContainThe agreed limits hold at runtime, not just on paper.
  • AttestEvidence accrues in operation, not the week before an audit.
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