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What Art. 4 asks of your business

Art. 4 of the AI Act requires providers and deployers of AI systems to take measures that support the development of AI literacy. That covers their own staff and everyone who works with the systems on their behalf. Since the July 2026 rewording, in force since 27 July, no specific level has to be guaranteed for any individual. Eight questions show what you already have in place. Answering honestly pays off: nobody but you sees the result.

Eight questions on usage, rules and records

The first two questions decide whether Art. 4 addresses your business at all. The other six show which measures you already have.

01Use in the business

1. Does anyone in your business use AI tools, even occasionally? (ChatGPT, Copilot, translation or image tools)
2. Do customer data, quotes or internal documents end up in those tools as well?

02Overview and rules

3. Do you know who uses which AI tools, including the unofficial, private ones?
4. Is there a written rule on what may be entered, and what may not?
5. Do you know which of your data the tools in use transmit, and where to?

03Briefing and records

6. Have the staff involved been briefed on the possibilities AND the limits: errors, invented answers, data protection?
7. Is it recorded who was briefed, when and on what?
8. Is a regular refresher firmly scheduled?

How to evaluate: count your “yes” answers in the groups “Overview and rules” and “Briefing and records” and compare them with the table.

  • At most two yes answers: The groundwork is still missing. Art. 4 addresses providers and deployers of AI systems. Under the Regulation a deployer is anyone using an AI system under their own authority in a professional capacity. By your own account your business uses AI tools. Rule, briefing and record are largely missing. That is the case in most businesses, and it is fixable with manageable effort. The points below are the order in which we would start.
  • Three or four yes answers: Good beginnings, clear gaps. Some things are in place, but the chain of rule, briefing and record is not closed yet. The points below close the gaps.
  • Five or six yes answers: Solidly set up. Rule, briefing and record are largely there. That is more than most businesses can show. What remains is upkeep: tools and rules keep changing.
  • By your own account, not an issue for now. Art. 4 addresses providers and deployers of AI systems. By your own account your business does not use AI tools. One honest caveat: in many businesses AI is already in use, just privately and unannounced. An anonymous question to the team is worth it before you file the topic away.

This is what you take away

Art. 4 asks for measures, not for a result. What makes them visible is a record of your own. This template is the shortest way there: copy it, fill it in, file it with your papers. It is the same one we keep for our own business.

Record of AI literacy under Art. 4 of the AI Act

Business:
Responsible:
As of:

1. AI tools in use
Tool / what for / who uses it
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-

2. Rules
What may go in:
What may not:
Who decides in case of doubt:

3. Briefings
Date / person / role / content / briefed by
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-
When you repeat a briefing, add a new line – do not overwrite an existing one. The history is the record.
Owners and managers belong on the list too – the measures cover everyone who works with AI in the business.

4. Refresher
Trigger:
Last time:
Next planned:

Basis: Art. 4 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, in force since 27 July 2026.
Internal record of the business – not a certificate issued by a third party.

This is your own record, not a certificate, and we do not issue any. For Art. 4 the European Commission states that no certificate is needed and that organisations can keep an internal record of their briefings. Whether your papers are enough in a particular case is for legal advice to settle.

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This check is orientation, not legal advice. Whether and how the provision applies to your business in a particular case is for legal advice to settle. Your answers stay in your browser; we see neither answers nor result, and nothing is transmitted or stored.

Art. 4 was rewritten in July 2026. The earlier wording required measures to “ensure, to their best extent”, a sufficient level of AI literacy. The wording in force requires measures “to support the development of AI literacy”. It states expressly that no particular level has to be guaranteed for anyone. Many accounts on the web still give the earlier version.

And the law does not use the word “training duty”. Art. 4 requires measures. Education and training appear in the provision only as a factor to take into account when choosing the measure. A course is therefore one possible measure, an in-house briefing is another. On this the European Commission states that no certificate is needed and that organisations can keep an internal record of their briefings.

This check helps you place the legal duty under Art. 4, as orientation. The business side is what the AI readiness check looks at: twelve questions on workflows, data and the decision.

Basis: Art. 4 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on artificial intelligence as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744. The amending Regulation is dated 8 July 2026, was published in the Official Journal on 24 July 2026 and has applied since 27 July 2026. Sources: EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 , EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 and European Commission, AI literacy questions and answers . As of 26 August 2026.

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