Every day in December, we’re taking a look at some of our favorite content of 2025. For the tenth day, AshleyKingscote​, Principal Cloud Security Engineer, talks us through the first lab in the AI Foundations collection, and its importance for everyone with an interest in AI.

AI Foundations: Ep.1 – Artificial Intelligence

The artificial intelligence (AI) landscape is evolving at an unprecedented pace. Navigating the dozens of services, platforms, models, and supporting technologies can be overwhelming, especially when new products are constantly being released.

This lab provides a high-level overview of AI and the current ecosystem, exploring how AI works, some of its limitations, and where it could go next.

Why this lab?

This lab serves as a starting point for understanding AI and its future influence over our lives. 

I like this particular lab as it consolidates information from several different sources into a single, concise, and jargon-free document. The content is high-level but informative, and helps pique interest in AI. It’ll get the ball rolling for further upskilling.

The AI Foundations collection, and this lab in particular, is one of the most popular labs of the year, laying the foundation for many customers' secure AI journey.

Discover AI Foundations: Ep.1 – Artificial Intelligence for yourself here, and let us know what you think in the comments below!