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AI literacy

Skills, knowledge and understanding that enable providers, deployers and affected persons to deploy AI systems in an informed way and to become aware of the opportunities, risks and possible harm of AI.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-ai-geletterdheid
Payload hash (sha256): 5c27e9360af4aea6af04b202ce93a0d4062298d0823734a74e169a1fdf743c26

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Praxikon, "AI literacy", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-ai-geletterdheid@1.0.0, dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0), effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z, sha256 5c27e9360af4aea6af04b202ce93a0d4062298d0823734a74e169a1fdf743c26

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 8 August 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 8 August 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Application date: 1 August 2024
Topics: definitions

Review status: Placed against the official source (8 August 2026). Next check due by 4 February 2027. The check date is the knowledge date of this version; no later recheck has been recorded.

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Source
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- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 3(56)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
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Consequence
- ActorDeployer
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

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Article 3(56) defines AI literacy as skills, knowledge and understanding that allow providers, deployers and affected persons, taking into account their respective rights and obligations under this Regulation, to make an informed deployment of AI systems and to gain awareness of the opportunities and risks of AI and the possible harm it can cause.
- Locator: Article 3(56)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

Our interpretation

Our own reading. It can change without the law changing, and it is not the position of a supervisory authority.

The definition is role-bound: literacy must match the rights and obligations of the person concerned, so it means something different for a recruiter than for a developer or a compliance lead. That is where practice goes wrong. Organisations buy one generic e-learning for everyone and consider themselves done, whereas the definition asks for understanding that matches what a person actually does with AI. Article 4 has applied since 2 February 2025 and, following the Digital Omnibus, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 which entered into force on 27 July 2026, has become an obligation to take measures without a guaranteed individual level. That lowers the bar for the outcome, not for the evidence: you must still show which measures you took and why they are appropriate.
- Locator: Article 3(56)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

Recommended step

A practical step we consider appropriate. Not an obligation following from the Regulation.

Record which roles in your organisation work with AI, what level of knowledge and understanding each role requires, which measure you put in place for it and when. Retain participation and dates per person, and repeat the measure when someone changes role or a new AI system is taken into use, so you can show at any moment who is demonstrably prepared.
- Locator: Article 3(56)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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Reference

Praxikon, "AI literacy",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-ai-geletterdheid@1.0.0,
dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0),
effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 5c27e9360af4aea6af04b202ce93a0d4062298d0823734a74e169a1fdf743c26,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-ai-geletterdheid
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-ai-geletterdheid&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-23)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-ai-geletterdheid@1.0.0 (sha256 5c27e936)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-ai-geletterdheid-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {AI literacy},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-ai-geletterdheid},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.1.0, schema 1.4.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 5c27e9360af4aea6af04b202ce93a0d4062298d0823734a74e169a1fdf743c26},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-ai-geletterdheid},
  urldate      = {2026-08-23},
  language     = {en}
}

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