Understand AI.Keep your judgement.

A public knowledge hub for understanding AI, using it deliberately, and making responsible decisions.

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Start with the question in front of you. Each guide connects a practical decision to evidence, limits, and current TUM information.

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How should I use AI responsibly?

Protect the purpose of the task, the rules that apply, and the thinking you need to keep visible.

How do I verify and declare AI-assisted work?

Separate permission, verification, disclosure, and responsibility for the final result.

How can AI support learning without replacing it?

Use hints, recall, feedback, and a private worksheet to plan the work you will keep doing yourself.

Which TUM AI route fits my task?

Check current access, purpose, and data conditions before choosing a service.

AI literacy is more than knowing how to prompt.

It combines critical judgement, creative agency, deliberate delegation, and responsibility for the systems we shape.

Engage

Question AI output before it influences a decision.

Create

Extend an idea while preserving authorship and agency.

Manage

Choose what to delegate, constrain, and verify.

Shape

Advocate for systems that reflect human values.

OECD / European Union (2026), OECD Publishing, Paris. Empowering Learners for the Age of AI: An AI Literacy Framework for Primary and Secondary Education (opens in new tab) Domain names are retained and the descriptions are adapted for a university context. This is an adaptation of an original work by the OECD and the European Union. The opinions expressed and arguments employed in this adaptation should not be reported as representing the official views of the OECD, its Member countries or the European Union. CC BY 4.0 (opens in new tab).

The planned AI Literacy course.

An English, voluntary and ungraded course for students, planned around nine modules from first principles to responsible practice. Enrolment is not yet available here.

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Understand

Learn what AI is doing and why confidence is not evidence.

Use responsibly

Practise deliberate choices about rules, data, division of work, and verification.

Shape

Examine consequences, accountability, and the future of human work.

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