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OpenAI Wants to Teach You How to Use AI at Work (For Free)

Carson West

— 4 min read

PLUS: How to make BBVA's enterprise AI workflow work for YOUR job — no corporate budget required

✉️ Editor's Note

I know the feeling — every day there's a new AI announcement, and it's easy to wonder, "Am I falling behind?" But here's the thing: even big companies like BBVA are still figuring this out with 100,000 employees. Today, we're looking at three stories about people actually using AI to get work done — not just tech demos. And the best part? OpenAI just released free courses to help you do the same.

— Sarah Chen, Editor

🗞️ TODAY IN AI

1. OpenAI launches free courses to teach non-coders how to use AI at work: OpenAI released three new Academy courses designed specifically for non-technical professionals. The courses cover practical AI skills, building repeatable workflows, and applying AI agents in everyday work — no coding required. Why this matters: This is the first time OpenAI has created structured learning for non-technical people, which means you no longer have an excuse to wait. The on-ramp is here.

2. A Spanish bank just taught 100,000 employees to use ChatGPT — here's what they learned: BBVA has rolled out ChatGPT Enterprise to its entire workforce, putting AI at the center of banking operations. The deployment shows how a massive, regulated organization can safely integrate AI without replacing humans — just augmenting them. Why this matters: If a bank with strict compliance rules can make this work, your small team or solo practice can too. The BBVA model is a playbook for the rest of us.

3. This new AI video model costs less than a penny per second: Avataar AI just released a video generation model priced at $0.005 per second of video — roughly 30 cents for a minute of footage. It's designed for India's massive market, meaning it's built to handle diverse languages, cultural contexts, and low-bandwidth environments. Why this matters: Video production costs just dropped through the floor. Small businesses, content creators, and educators can now produce professional-looking video content for pocket change.

🔬 DEEP DIVE

By Marcus Rivera

The Bank That Put AI in Every Employee's Pocket

When BBVA decided to roll out ChatGPT Enterprise to 100,000 employees, they didn't just flip a switch. They spent months building a governance framework, training programs, and use-case libraries. The result? A blueprint for how any organization — from a Fortune 500 to a freelance operation — can adopt AI safely.

What's interesting isn't the scale — it's the simplicity. BBVA didn't ask employees to become AI experts. They asked them to find one task they did repeatedly and try automating it with ChatGPT. Customer service script templates. Compliance document summaries. Internal knowledge base searches. Small wins that added up fast.

Here's your takeaway: You don't need a corporate AI rollout. Start with one repetitive task you do every week. Maybe it's drafting client emails, summarizing meeting notes, or writing performance reviews. Apply the BBVA method: find one task, test an AI workflow, refine it, then move to the next. That's how 100,000 people learned — and it works for one person just as well.

🎓 AI ACADEMY

By Alex Torres

How to Create Your Own "BBVA-Style" AI Workflow for Any Repetitive Task

👤 Best for: Small business owners, freelancers, managers, HR professionals, anyone who does the same type of document or email more than once a week

You don't need a 100,000-person bank rollout to start working smarter. Here's how to build a repeatable AI workflow for one task in under 10 minutes.

  1. Pick one repetitive writing task — client proposals, weekly status updates, onboarding emails, or performance feedback drafts. The key is to pick something you write at least once a week.
  2. Capture your best example — find a past version of this document that you're proud of. This becomes your "gold standard" that the AI will learn from.
  3. Write a brief instruction file — in plain language, describe: who the audience is, what tone to use (professional? casual?), what sections to include, and what to avoid. Save this as a text file.
  4. Upload both to ChatGPT and test it — paste your instruction file + example document into a new chat. Then ask: "Using the style guide and example above, draft a [document type] for [specific situation]." Refine the instructions based on what comes out.

Sample Prompt (copy and paste this):

I'm going to paste my writing style guide and an example document below. 
After that, I'll ask you to write drafts for me. 
Please read both carefully and match the tone, structure, and level of detail.

[PASTE STYLE GUIDE HERE]

[PASTE EXAMPLE DOCUMENT HERE]

Now, using my style guide and example, please draft a [specific document type] 
for [specific audience/situation]. Keep it to [length, e.g., 2-3 paragraphs].

💡 Pro tip: Create a dedicated ChatGPT project or folder for each recurring task. BBVA calls these "use-case libraries" — you can call it "Client Emails" or "Weekly Reports." Store your instructions and examples there so you never start from scratch.

⚡ QUICK HITS

  • 🔧 Preply + AI: Language learning platform Preply now uses OpenAI to generate personalized lesson summaries and feedback, combining human tutors with AI for tailored learning. Read more
  • 🎯 OpenAI Academy (Direct Link): The three new free courses — "Applying AI at Work," "Building Workflows," and "AI Agents for Everyone" — are live now. No login required to browse. Start learning
  • 🚀 Avataar's video pricing: At $0.005/second, a 2-minute explainer video costs 60 cents. Compare that to traditional production costs in the hundreds or thousands. See the announcement

💬 PROMPT OF THE DAY

The "Find My One Task" Workflow Analyzer

I have a job as a [YOUR JOB TITLE] in the [YOUR INDUSTRY] industry. 
I spend about [X] hours per week on repetitive administrative or writing tasks.

Please help me identify the TOP 3 tasks I should try to automate with AI first. 
For each task, tell me:
1. Why it's a good candidate for automation
2. What AI tool would work best (ChatGPT, Claude, etc.)
3. A one-paragraph prompt I could use to get started

Focus on tasks that take me the most time but require the least creative thinking.

See you tomorrow,
The Have AI Do It Team
Sarah, Marcus, Alex & the crew

We translate 'Tech Velocity' into 'Everyday Utility.'

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