From AI Policy to AI Practice: How to comply with the EU AI Act.

Course Aims

This course will help radio stations move from an industry approved AI policy to responsible AI practice. It will explain the EU AI Act in clear language and use realistic, department-specific scenarios to show how the sector’s AI policy should be applied across a radio station.

Participants will consider the responsibilities of managers and staff, where AI can be used safely, when human oversight is required and how to recognise and manage potential risks.

Course Content

This course will cover the following:

  • What the EU AI Act is and why it matters to radio stations
  • The risk-based approach of the EU AI Act
  • AI literacy responsibilities for stations, managers and staff
  • How to apply the radio sector’s approved AI policy
  • Permitted, restricted and prohibited uses of AI
  • Human oversight, accountability and approval
  • Transparency around AI-generated and synthetic content
  • Protecting personal, confidential, commercially sensitive and journalistic information
  • AI and Data Protection
  • Avoiding Copyright infringement
  • Accuracy, bias and fact-checking[SK1] 
  • Using third-party AI tools and working with suppliers
  • Reporting AI errors, concerns or incidents
  • Practical AI scenarios for production teams
  • Practical AI scenarios for news and editorial teams
  • Practical AI scenarios for presenters and programme teams
  • Practical AI scenarios for research teams
  • Practical AI scenarios for sales and marketing teams
  • Practical AI scenarios for operations and management
  • Preparing to roll out the AI policy to all staff
  • Question and answer session

 

Trainers

Joanne Sweeney, Digital Training Institute and Sarah Kieran, MediaLawyer

Who is this content for?

This course is initially aimed at station managers, general managers, department heads and those responsible for production, news, editorial, programmes, research, sales, marketing and operations.

Following the management session, the training can be adapted and rolled out to all radio station staff, focusing on their individual responsibilities and the practical application of the station’s AI policy.

Training Method

This course will be delivered live online over 2.5 hours.

The session will combine plain-English explanations of the EU AI Act with practical, scenario-based learning. Participants will work through realistic examples from different radio departments and consider how the approved AI policy should be applied in each situation.