ScreenSkills approves first AI courses
AI consultancy and governance firm AIMICI has launched a training platform for film and TV professionals, accredited by industry body ScreenSkills.
AIMICI Learn Hub distills guidance from commissioners, broadcasters and unions and aligns with UK national AI skills standards. The training is focused on building durable skills, practical frameworks and best practices for working with the technology.
The programme, the first AI to be accredited by ScreenSkills, has been created in collaboration with Bournemouth University and UCL and the courses have been designed and vetted by more than 50 professionals from across the screen industries.
It is supported by Innovate UK’s Bridge AI programme, which promotes AI adoption across high-growth sectors in the UK.
Besides ScreenSkills, AIMICI is working with industry partners such as Pact to ensure the training is widely accessible and affordable.
ScreenSkills chief executive Laura Mansfield said: “We’re pleased to have worked with AIMICI, Bridge AI and industry participants, to develop and accredit an AI competency training standard for the industry.
“Our recently published Powering Production report identified some real employer uncertainty around how AI will impact specific roles in the UK screen industry.
Accessible AI training offers the screen skills workforce the opportunity to fully understand AI capabilities and explore the role AI technology may have in their workplace.”
Ahsan Mack, founder and executive director of AIMICI, said the screen industry needs a “shared language and clear standards” around the tech, and Learn Hub is the “first step” towards scaling responsible adoption.
Kathryn Webb, managing director of AIMICI, added: “We’ve seen first-hand in our work with production teams that there is a big disparity between levels of understanding and usage of AI across a production.
“Our goal with this training is to help create a baseline of knowledge and AI competency for everyone working in film and TV production – as well as enabling responsible AI leaders to be nurtured and creating safer practices at all levels in the industry.”
The courses are now available on the AIMICI platform.
