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title: "AI literacy"
description: "Under the EU AI Act, the skills, knowledge and understanding that let providers, deployers and affected persons use AI in an informed way and grasp its opportunities, risks and possible harm."
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/ai-literacy
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
version: "0.5.0"
updated: 2026-09-25
---

# AI literacy

Under the EU AI Act, the skills, knowledge and understanding that let providers, deployers and affected persons use AI in an informed way and grasp its opportunities, risks and possible harm. Article 4, as amended in 2026, requires providers and deployers to take measures to support it, without guaranteeing any individual level [1].

- Developed in: [ch. 18, AI literacy and bias-detection data](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/eu-ai-act#ai-literacy-and-bias-detection-data); [ch. 12, AI literacy as code](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governance-program#ai-literacy-as-code)
- Chapters: [ch. 12, Governance Program](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governance-program) · [ch. 18, EU AI Act](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/eu-ai-act)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-ai-literacy

## Sources

[1] Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), consolidated text as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI, in force 27 Jul 2026; definitions in Art. 3, incl. 3(1), 3(3) to 3(14), 3(14b), 3(20), 3(22), 3(23), 3(29) to 3(32), 3(49), 3(55) to 3(57), 3(60), 3(61), 3(63), 3(68); Arts. 4, 5, 6 (incl. 6(3) third subparagraph, profiling), 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 22 to 27 (incl. 26(11)), 40, 41, 43, 47, 48, 50, 53 (incl. 53(1)(c)), 55, 57, 60, 72, 73, 86; Annexes I, III, IV). Publications Office of the EU (EUR-Lex). 2026-07-27. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/2026-07-27/eng (verified: primary)