Article 4 EU AI Act: Minimum Requirements

As the European Commission states, Article 4 of the EU AI Act – mandatory as of 2 February 2025- “requires providers and deployers of AI systems to ensure a sufficient level of AI literacy of their staff and other persons dealing with AI systems on their behalf”.

According to the European Commission’s Q&A, an AI literacy program should, at least:

“a) Ensure a general understanding of AI within their organisation: What is AI? How does it work? What AI is used in our organisation? What are its opportunities and dangers?

b) Consider the role of their organisation (provider or deployer of AI systems): Is my organisation developing AI systems or just using AI systems developed by another organisation?

c) Consider the risk of the AI systems provided or deployed: What do employees need to know when dealing with such AI system? What are the risks they need to be aware of and do they need to be aware of mitigation?

d) Concretely build their AI literacy actions on the preceding analysis, considering

• differences in technical knowledge, experience, education and training of the staff and other persons – How much does the employees/person know about AI and the organisation’s systems they use? What else should they know?

• as well as the context the AI systems are to be used in and the persons on whom the AI systems are to be used – In which sector and for which purpose/service is the AI system being used?”

Define your role. Build literacy. Stay compliant.

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