AWS Certified AI Practitioner
The AWS Certified AI Practitioner (AIF-C01) exam is intended for individuals who can effectively demonstrate overall knowledge of AI/ML, generative AI technologies, and associated AWS services and tools, independent of a specific job role. The exam also validates a candidate’s ability to complete the following tasks: • Understand AI, ML, and generative AI concepts, methods, and strategies in general and on AWS. • Understand the appropriate use of AI/ML and generative AI technologies to ask relevant questions within the candidate’s organization. • Determine the correct types of AI/ML technologies to apply to specific use cases. • Use AI, ML, and generative AI technologies responsibly.
- Date created
- May 21, 2026
- Specialty level
- Intermediate
- Training category
- External Course
- Provider
- Amazon
- Timeline
- 22 hours, 50 minutes (if doing the full certiffication with exam prep)
- Cost
- Depends on course taken.
Course intelligence
Expected end-productCertification
Intended goalsThe exam has the following content domains and weightings: • Domain 1: Fundamentals of AI and ML (20% of scored content) • Domain 2: Fundamentals of Generative AI (24% of scored content) • Domain 3: Applications of Foundation Models (28% of scored content) • Domain 4: Guidelines for Responsible AI (14% of scored content) • Domain 5: Security, Compliance, and Governance for AI Solutions (14% of scored content)
PrerequisitesRecommended AWS knowledge The target candidate should have the following AWS knowledge: • Familiarity with the core AWS services (for example, Amazon EC2, Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, and Amazon SageMaker) and AWS core services use cases • Familiarity with the AWS shared responsibility model for security and compliance in the AWS Cloud • Familiarity with AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) for securing and controlling access to AWS resources • Familiarity with the AWS global infrastructure, including the concepts of AWS Regions, Availability Zones, and edge locations • Familiarity with AWS service pricing models
Recommended whenYou want to be able to use AWS for various AI applications, including NLP and GenAI.
ApplicabilityAnything that is technologically-focused and uses AWS technologies, but which also uses AI/ML technologies as deemed appropriate.
Certification examYes. 65 questions (50 scored, 15 unscored) [Not clear]