AI in L&D: The 2026 survey

L&D's goals in using AI, and the progress and barriers on the way

Thanks for taking part in this research, our fourth annual survey tracking how L&D is using Artificial Intelligence (AI).

The results, along with a set of accompanying case studies, will be published in September.

Whatever your involvement with AI, we hope you will share your thoughts here. Even if you’re sceptical about it, or using it very little (or not at all!), we would love to have your voice represented.

Privacy: unless you make it clear that you are happy to be mentioned in the final report, we keep all data private. Nothing that can identify you will ever be made public, and your data will never be shared.

Thanks for taking the time to help improve our profession,

Don and Eglė

Donald H Taylor
Eglė Vinauskaitė

1.About you...

Name

Company

Email Address

We will never share your personal information with anyone, but if you prefer not to answer this question, and to remain anonymous, that's fine.

3.How would you describe your progress in using Artificial Intelligence in workplace L&D?(Required.)

Our organisation has no intention of using AI as part of L&D

Our organisation has not begun exploring the role of AI in L&D

Our organisation has experimented with AI tools in L&D but has not implemented anything

Our organisation is currently piloting the use of AI in L&D

Our organisation is using AI in some parts of our work in L&D

Our organisation is using AI extensively as an integral part of our work in L&D

4.Which of the following has changed in your L&D department in the past 12 months, as a result of AI? Select all that apply.

No significant changes. We work now in the ways we always did.

At least one function our team used to do is now routinely handled by AI.

At least one existing role has changed in nature (not just the tools used) because of AI.

Most of our team now directs and reviews AI work rather than doing the work directly.

The rest of the organisation now approaches us for different things than before.

L&D no longer exists as a centralised, dedicated function in our organisation.

We have changed, but not primarily because of AI.

5.If you are using AI in L&D in any way, please share what you're doing.

If you are using it in more than one way - eg both for content generation, and for understanding skills better, please tell us about both uses.

If you're not using AI at all, please answer "n/a".

8.Is there anything that you would like to add?

9.How much involvement would you like to have in the final report of this research?

Do not quote anything I have written

You may quote me anonymously

You can quote me

I am happy to be quoted and, if invited, to speak about the research

Other (please specify)