AI Broadsheet Labs · free, bilingual, checked 9 October 2026

From “What is AI?” to building with it.

The companies building AI publish their own free courses. We went through them, sorted them and put them in order, with our own videos and guides in between. No account needed here: your progress stays on this device.

Lesson 1 · our video · 1:42What is AI? Meet the players.

paths: 8
outside courses and guides: 57
providers, plus us: 13
available in French: 11

Where should I start?

Three questions, and we'll point you to the right path. Your answers stay on this device.

1: current
2: to come
3: to come

Question 1 of 3

How much have you used AI so far?

For ages 8 to 17, and their grown-upsYoung Lab: learn AI by playingNine in-browser games, a stamp passport and printable sheets for class. No account, no data collected.Open Young Lab

The paths

In order, beginner to builder

Start here: what AI is
Who builds AI, what it really does when it answers you, and where it falls down. No jargon, no code.
You'll be able to: explain what generative AI is in plain words · see where AI already shows up in your day · name its main limits: invented facts, bias, stale knowledge · recognize the companies and labs behind the tools
Time
6 h 35 (+ 30 h optional)
Steps
5
Level
Beginner
In French
3 of 6
AI BroadsheetAnthropicGoogleCIFARUniversity of Helsinki
Use AI assistants well
Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini and Copilot, from each company's own lessons. Pick one, learn its features, keep your private information out.
You'll be able to: set up Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Copilot · choose the right assistant for a task · use files, memory and custom instructions · keep personal information out of chats
Time
2 h 50 (+ 1 h optional)
Steps
6
Level
Beginner
In French
2 of 7
AI BroadsheetAnthropicOpenAIGoogleMicrosoft
Prompting: ask better, get better
The habits that separate a vague answer from a useful one, taught by OpenAI, Google and Anthropic in their own words.
You'll be able to: write prompts with a task, context and format · give examples and ask for step-by-step reasoning · refine an answer instead of starting over · spot and reduce made-up answers
Time
5 h 15 (+ 9 h 40 optional)
Steps
5
Level
Beginner
In French
1 of 7
OpenAIGoogleAnthropicDeepLearning.AI
AI at work
From one person saving an hour a day to a small team using AI safely: what to hand off, what to check and how to roll it out.
You'll be able to: pick tasks worth handing to AI, and ones to keep · build repeatable workflows · review AI output before it reaches a client · plan a small, safe rollout for a team
Time
7 h 20 (+ 13 h optional)
Steps
6
Level
Beginner
In French
2 of 10
AI BroadsheetOpenAIAnthropicMicrosoftDeepLearning.AIGoogle
Build with AI APIs
Call a model from your own code: OpenAI, Gemini and Claude side by side, then Microsoft's open course to put it together. Some Python helps.
You'll be able to: call a model from code with an API key · stream, structure and check what comes back · add tools and document search (RAG) · keep costs down and measure quality
Time
32 h (+ 86 h optional)
Steps
5
Level
Intermediate
In French
1 of 9
OpenAIGoogleAnthropicMicrosoftHugging Facefast.ai
Agents
Software that plans, uses tools and acts on its own. Start with the design essay, connect tools with MCP, then build and test real agents.
You'll be able to: explain what makes a system an agent · connect models to tools and data with MCP · use planning, memory and multi-agent patterns · test, limit and supervise what agents do
Time
49 h (+ 8 h 30 optional)
Steps
6
Level
Intermediate
In French
2 of 9
AnthropicMicrosoftDeepLearning.AIHugging FaceKaggle × Google
Side route
AI safety and responsible use
Protect yourself today (privacy, scams, deepfakes), then the bigger questions: fairness, accountability and the risks of more capable AI.
You'll be able to: protect your privacy when using AI · spot deepfakes and voice-clone scams · understand bias, accountability and transparency · follow the debate on advanced AI risks
Time
17 h (+ 2 h 45 optional)
Steps
4
Level
Beginner
In French
2 of 6
AI BroadsheetMediaSmartsBlueDot ImpactUniversity of HelsinkiMicrosoftMila
Side route
AI for educators and parents
Talk about AI at home, use it to plan and teach, and help young people use it to learn rather than to skip learning. Canadian resources first.
You'll be able to: talk with kids about AI at home · plan lessons and cut admin time with AI · set clear classroom rules for AI use · teach students to question what AI says
Time
9 h 40 (+ 1 h 30 optional)
Steps
7
Level
Beginner
In French
3 of 8
MediaSmartsGoogleOpenAIAnthropic

The catalogue

Links checked 9 October 2026

Every course on every path, in one place. Filter by provider, price, language or level.

57 of 57 courses

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"about": our estimate, where the provider doesn't give a length.

How we chose

Official sources first. Every course comes from the company or organization that publishes it: Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, universities and Canadian non-profits. The summaries are ours.

Free unless marked. Required steps are free. A few paid courses appear as optional extras, always labelled. We earn nothing from any of them.

Checked by hand. Every link was opened on 9 October 2026. Where a provider gives no length, ours is an estimate, marked "about". Spot a problem? Tell the newsroom.

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