The State of L&D Video and AI

Video has become the lifeblood of corporate learning. L&D professionals know that, but a lot of them are too time-pressed to make all the video they need to make. Could AI solve that? It could—if L&D pros can overcome a few policy and technical problems.

In this data-backed session, Descript’s CEO Laura Burkhauser will share findings from a new survey of L&D professionals. It shows 81% of them are using AI weekly, 71% are open to AI support in video work, and 89% expect productivity gains from AI tools. But only 43% report clear, supportive policies and many lack the right technology.

Laura will show attendees how to move past those obstacles—they’ll leave with actionable ways to speed up production, raise quality, and bring AI into real training use cases. This session is designed for L&D leaders, instructional designers, enablement and ops managers, and anyone responsible for creating, scaling, or approving training video.

During this session, you will learn:

• Identify and unblock the toughest video production bottlenecks for fast wins.
• Benchmark your team’s cadence and effort against peers’ norms.
• Chart an AI adoption path aligned to real training use cases and common policy constraints