Map use and responsibility
Identify who uses which AI systems, for what tasks, and where people or decisions could be affected.
For HR and people leaders
Give workforce AI literacy a measurable starting point.
An organisation-wide AI policy does not tell you what employees understand. A common knowledge baseline can help HR leaders see where support is needed, while respecting the differences between roles and the AI systems people use.
The decision
See beyond attendance and confidence
Training completions tell HR who attended. Usage dashboards tell you which tools were opened. Neither establishes that employees understand data handling, output verification or when a human should intervene. A knowledge assessment asks a narrower, more useful question: what do people know today?
That answer is valuable when joined to the workforce context. The skills needed by an HR adviser using AI to draft a policy differ from those needed by someone configuring a system that affects candidates. A common assessment should help target support, not pretend those jobs are identical.
In practice
Example: establishing an HR baseline
Assess a defined HR cohort with the same Core-6 measure through Sova. Review the pattern across six areas, then decide which knowledge gaps need development and which higher-risk workflows require additional role-specific training or controls. Those extra activities remain outside the Core-6 assessment.
Measure foundational knowledge
Use the shared Core-6 assessment to establish a baseline rather than relying on self-reported fluency.
Act on the evidence
Focus learning and guidance on gaps, revisit understanding and review whether the wider programme supports safe use.
Reading the result
Connect knowledge to the programme
Core-6 can show where foundational knowledge is stronger or weaker. It cannot determine whether an organisation is compliant, whether a role is safe to automate or whether a policy is being followed in every case.
Under Article 4 of the EU AI Act, providers and deployers must take measures to support AI literacy in context. An assessment can contribute to that effort, alongside appropriate training, guidance, governance and review. The Act does not mandate a particular test or a universal pass mark.
For the assessment format and evidence, see the Core-6 product page and the validation account.
The product boundary
The Sova-delivered Core-6 assessment measures knowledge, not the full maturity of an organisation or its compliance status.
The in-market assessment
See the Core-6 assessment in Sova.
One common AI knowledge assessment for candidates and employees, delivered through Sova.