Anvil AI Academy

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Fluent: live and work with AI

You will stop losing hours to routine work and stay safe from what AI makes easy for scammers. The first lab is a deepfake you make yourself, so you know what one looks like.

5hours back per week, once your working day is redesigned

A target we teach towards, not a guarantee.

Length
10 weeks
Format
Live online eveningsTue and Thu, 7:30 to 9:00 pm IST, plus one Saturday lab a week
Cohort size
20 seats
Fee
₹14,000Indicative. Assessment fees are separate.
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Who it is for

Everyone who lives and works with AI.

Strands covered

  • Strand 1, Foundations and digital self-defence
  • Strand 2, Everyday productivity
  • Strand 3, Tool landscape and model choice
  • Strand 4, Token and cost economics

Week by week

Modules run from level 1 to level 3 across the strands above, and each follows the same seven steps. The last week is a full mock assessment and the defence of your assignment.

  1. Week 1

    • What AI is and isn't, how models think, limits Strand 1, level 1
    • Generate text, images, voice, music, video hands-on Strand 1, level 1

  2. Week 2

    • Prompting that works; patterns and anti-patterns Strand 2, level 1
    • Frontier models vs open models; what each is good at Strand 3, level 1

  3. Week 3

    • The app layer: chat, IDEs, browser agents, automation tools Strand 3, level 1
    • Live demo: drain a quota in ten minutes with bad prompting Strand 4, level 1

  4. Week 4

    • Make a deepfake in class, then detect one; map your own exposure Strand 1, level 2
    • Scams, phishing, voice-clone fraud; family and society safety drill Strand 1, level 2

  5. Week 5

    • Docs, sheets, mail, meetings, notes, translation Strand 2, level 2
    • Research and fact-checking with citation discipline Strand 2, level 2

  6. Week 6

    • Pricing, limits, subscriptions vs API Strand 3, level 2
    • The right way: context control, batching, caching, routing to cheaper models Strand 4, level 2

  7. Week 7

    • Privacy hygiene: what free tools take from you; device and account safety Strand 1, level 3
    • Images and visuals for work Strand 2, level 3

  8. Week 8

    • World-class slide decks with self-narrated audio and video Strand 2, level 3
    • Voice workflows: dictation, transcription, voice agents Strand 2, level 3

  9. Week 9

    • Choosing, switching, avoiding lock-in Strand 3, level 3
    • Delegation economics: workers, briefs, bounded returns Strand 4, level 3

  10. Week 10

    • Full mock assessment, then the defence of your assignment before the cohort.
    • Book your live assessment with AIQ Institute.

What you will be able to do

SparkLevel 1

Strand 1, Foundations and digital self-defence

  • Explains what a model is and is not, and where it fails
  • Has generated text, images, voice, music and video hands-on
  • Recognises the three common AI-enabled scams

Strand 2, Everyday productivity

  • Prompts with patterns and avoids the anti-patterns
  • Drafts documents and mail with AI and checks them
  • Knows when not to use it

Strand 3, Tool landscape and model choice

  • Names frontier and open models and what each is good at
  • Knows the app layer: chat, IDEs, browser agents, automation tools

Strand 4, Token and cost economics

  • Explains tokens, context and why a quota drains
  • Has watched a quota drain in ten minutes and knows why

TorchLevel 2

Strand 1, Foundations and digital self-defence

  • Makes a deepfake in class and then detects one
  • Maps own exposure: voice, face, documents, accounts
  • Runs the family and society safety drill

Strand 2, Everyday productivity

  • Runs docs, sheets, mail, meetings, notes and translation workflows
  • Researches and fact-checks with citation discipline
  • Shows measured time saved on own work

Strand 3, Tool landscape and model choice

  • Picks the right tool for a given task and defends the choice
  • Reads pricing, limits, subscriptions versus API

Strand 4, Token and cost economics

  • Applies context control, batching and caching
  • Measures cost per task for own work

BeamLevel 3

Strand 1, Foundations and digital self-defence

  • Hardens devices and accounts for a household or small team
  • Audits what free tools take and switches to safe defaults
  • Teaches the safety drill to others with evidence of uptake

Strand 2, Everyday productivity

  • Produces images and visuals for work
  • Builds world-class slide decks with self-narrated audio and video
  • Uses voice workflows: dictation, transcription, voice agents

Strand 3, Tool landscape and model choice

  • Runs a tool evaluation against written criteria
  • Switches tools or models without lock-in
  • Keeps a living tool map for a team

Strand 4, Token and cost economics

  • Routes work across model tiers
  • Writes bounded briefs for workers and reads bounded returns
  • Shows cost per outcome falling over a month

Prepares for AIQ Institute levels 1 to 3

Prepares for AIQ Institute levels 1 to 3 in strands 1, 2, 3 and 4: Foundations and digital self-defence; Everyday productivity; Tool landscape and model choice; Token and cost economics.

Assessment and certification are conducted by AIQ Institute, an independent standards body; assessment fees are paid to the institute directly.

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