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title: "AI literacy (Art. 4)"
url: https://euaiactaudit.com/en/duties/ai-literacy
published: 2026-10-29T14:55:45.201Z
updated: 2026-10-29T14:55:45.201Z
summary: "What Art. 4 as amended asks: measures to support AI literacy. What it does not ask: a certificate or a yearly training."
---

# AI literacy (Art. 4)

> What Art. 4 as amended asks: measures to support AI literacy. What it does not ask: a certificate or a yearly training.

## What the article asks

Since 2 February 2025, providers and deployers of AI systems have a duty on AI literacy. Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 replaced the wording of Art. 4: providers and deployers now **take measures to support** the AI literacy of their staff and of other persons who deal with AI systems on their behalf. The Act does not guarantee a level of literacy for any individual. The Commission and the Member States support small firms with this duty.

Authorities can enforce this duty since 2 August 2026.

## What does not exist

- No required certificate. The Act asks for no exam and no certificate of AI literacy.
- No yearly training. The text sets no fixed training cycle.
- No safe harbour by copying. The Commission keeps a repository of literacy practices; it notes that copying them does not automatically give a presumption of compliance with Art. 4.

## Example measures

What fits depends on the AI systems you use and on who uses them. Examples firms record:

- a short internal guide on the AI tools in use, what they are for and what not;
- a session for the people who use a given tool, with its known limits;
- a named contact for questions about AI use;
- a check of new tools before they are used with customer data.

## Keep a record

Write down what you did, for whom and when. The literacy record on the templates page is a simple form for this.

## Open the literacy record template

One table: measure, people, date, tool. Free, on the page.

## Sources

- [EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:L_202401689)
- [EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:L_202601744)
- [AI Act Service Desk, resources](https://ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu/en/resources)