Finding clear, reliable answers at work has never been more important - or more challenging. With the rapid growth of AI tools, many people professionals are rightly cautious about what information they can trust.
CIPD Buddy AI is an exclusive member benefit designed to help you get quick, answers from trusted, up-to-date CIPD content from our knowledge hub, using a large language model. Unlike general AI tools, Buddy doesn’t rely on outdated or unverified information from across the internet. Instead, it draws directly on CIPD knowledge content to support you in your studies, your role, and your professional development.
CIPD Buddy AI is the only chat agent with access to current CIPD content, including key guidance across employment law and the knowledge hub. While public AI tools stopped accessing CIPD content when gating was introduced in 2024, Buddy AI continues to use this trusted source material to generate clear, conversational answers to your HR questions.
Since launch in 2024, more than 30,000 questions have been asked through CIPD Buddy AI, with overwhelmingly positive feedback from members. Over the past year, work has been focused on improving answer quality and reliability using a test suite of answers, grounding Buddy AI in the latest CIPD knowledge content and ensuring sources of the answers are fully referenced.
CIPD Buddy AI is available to all UK members. Whether you’re checking guidance, exploring best practice or sense-checking an issue, Buddy AI can help you get started quickly.
CIPD Buddy AI focuses on CIPD knowledge content, helping you edge ahead with clear, reliable answers grounded in trusted sources, while supporting - not replacing - your professional expertise.
With over 21,000 questions asked by CIPD members since July 2025, which topics are members most commonly asking CIPD Buddy AI about in 2026?
Watch our countdown video to see what topics made the top 10!
CIPD Buddy AI is made available for general information and educational purposes only. The information and content generated does not constitute legal, regulatory or other professional advice. Whilst Buddy AI draws directly from CIPD knowledge resources, the tool can occasionally produce inaccuracies and CIPD does not warrant or represent that AI-assisted content is accurate, complete or error-free. Members remain solely responsible for how they interpret and apply any information obtained from the tool. Please refer to our Legal Disclaimer and Terms of Use.
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