EU AI Act · Article 4
AI literacy for your team, in plain language
If your staff use AI tools at work, Article 4 asks you to take measures to support their AI literacy. Here is what that means and a free template to start from.
What Article 4 says now
Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 has applied since 2 February 2025. The Digital Omnibus on AI, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, replaced its wording. Providers and deployers must take measures to support the development of AI literacy of their staff and of other people who use AI on their behalf, taking into account their knowledge, experience, education and training and the context in which the AI is used. It does not require anyone to guarantee a specific level of AI literacy of any individual.
Source: EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744.
Free AI literacy kit
Two editable templates: an AI Literacy Plan with a training log, and a short AI Use Policy. Both are blank starting points. Fill in your organisation name, your measures and your tools. No account needed.
Templates are drafting aids, not a certified filing and not legal advice.
Free lessons for your team
Four short lessons, about fifteen minutes in all: what AI is, telling people when AI is involved, data do's and don'ts, and when to stop and escalate. Anyone can read them, no account needed.
Common questions
- Does Article 4 apply to us if we only use ChatGPT or Copilot?
- Article 4 applies to providers and deployers of AI systems. A business that uses an AI tool in its work is a deployer, so yes, it is within scope. The EU AI Act also has a territorial test (Article 2): it matters whether you are established in the EU or your AI system's output is used there. Our free check covers that.
- Do we need a certified course or a particular training level?
- No. Article 4 sets no fixed course and, as replaced in 2026, does not require you to guarantee any specific level of AI literacy of any individual. It asks you to take measures to support AI literacy that fit your people and the way you use AI.
- What counts as a measure?
- The text does not list measures. Typical examples are short training, written guidance on approved tools, and a record of who was briefed and when. Keeping a record lets you show what you did. It does not prove a particular level was reached.
- Is this legal advice?
- No. This page and the templates are general information to save you a blank page. Review them with your own counsel before relying on them.
What else might apply?
Article 4 is one duty among several. Disclosure to people who talk to your AI (Article 50) and the list of prohibited practices (Article 5) depend on the tools you use. Answer a few questions to see which kinds of duty may apply to you.