About This AI Online Course
Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping defense operations—enabling faster analysis, enhanced decision making and new forms of human-machine collaboration.
However, as AI adoption accelerates across the U.S. Department of War, a critical challenge has emerged: determining when—and under what conditions—these systems can be trusted in mission-critical environments.
This self-paced, online course examines the fundamental issue of trust in AI, with a specific focus on large language models and their growing role in defense applications. You will explore how AI systems function; why hallucinations occur; and how vulnerabilities across data, models and infrastructure can introduce operational risk.
The course also provides practical insight into how trust is assessed—through competence, integrity and defined operating boundaries—and why verification remains essential when AI is used to inform high-stakes decisions.
By the end of this course, you will be better able to critically evaluate AI-generated outputs, identify potential risks and apply disciplined validation practices to ensure AI supports—rather than undermines—mission success.
What You Will Learn
- Explain how trust is defined and evaluated in artificial intelligence systems
- Analyze the causes and operational implications of hallucinations in LLMs
- Identify key risks and vulnerabilities across AI systems, including adversarial attacks and data exposure
- Assess when AI outputs can be relied upon in a defense context
Who Should Take This Online Course
This online training course is designed for defense or intelligence professionals working for the Federal government or government contractor companies who wish to learn about several challenges of AI systems in a defense context.
More seasoned professionals will also benefit from this online training experience to obtain a refresher on the critical subject matter.
Prerequisites
None. However, prior completion of the FedLearn course, Introduction to AI/Machine Learning Concepts & Terminology (AIDATA109), is highly recommended.
Course Certificate
To achieve a course certificate of completion, you must score 80 percent or higher on a graded quiz.
Course Format
Self-paced, online training course
Course Pricing
Individual courses are $9.99 (per person).
Seat licenses to access the entire FedLearn AI and data science catalog are also available. Click here to learn more and purchase
If you are interested in learning about special team rates for Federal government and government contractor organizations, email [email protected]
Continuing Education Unit Credits
This course provides 1 CEU.
