# Academy

Courses from AI Benchmark Index. Pass the exam to earn a certificate of completion.

## Foundations

- [AI benchmark foundations for buyers](https://aibenchmarkindex.com/academy/ai-benchmark-foundations.md): Learn what an AI benchmark measures, how its grader scores a run, what its data licence allows and how to read a reported score before you use it in a decision.

## Practitioner

- [Choose and run an AI benchmark for a model decision](https://aibenchmarkindex.com/academy/choose-and-run-an-ai-benchmark.md): A practical method for using AI benchmarks in a buying decision: define the decision, build a shortlist, budget the run, then sample, grade and record a run that another person can check.

## Specialist

- [Audit AI benchmark claims before you buy](https://aibenchmarkindex.com/academy/audit-ai-benchmark-claims.md): Check a vendor's benchmark claim like an evaluator: ceilings and uncertainty, contamination, grader and judge bias, score provenance and the licence of each asset.

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