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AI literacy training
AI literacy training for everyone who touches AI at work
Practical AI literacy training for staff, designed around the EU AI Act’s Article 4 and the checks a human in the loop needs to make.
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AI literacy is now a legal expectation in the EU
Article 4 of the EU AI Act has applied since 2 February 2025.
It requires providers and deployers of AI systems to take measures to support the AI literacy of their staff and others using AI on their behalf.
Many UK firms assume it does not reach them, but it can.
Even where it does not apply, AI literacy training is simply good practice for anyone using AI with customers or their data.
This page explains the duty in plain English; it is not legal advice.
What literate staff let AI do
- Draft, translate and summarise routine text
- Sort and classify high volumes of records
- Suggest options and first answers
- Reformat and tidy information
What literate staff check or keep
- Facts, figures and citations before anything goes out
- Whether personal or confidential data can be used
- Any output affecting a person’s rights or money
- Overriding or escalating a result that looks wrong
- Telling customers when AI has been used, where required
The rule
EU AI Act training: what Article 4 actually asks
Article 4 was rewritten in July 2026 by the Digital Omnibus on AI, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744.
The duty on providers and deployers remains, but it is now to take measures to support AI literacy rather than guarantee a set level.
The amended text says firms are not required to guarantee any specific level of AI literacy of any individual.
The European Commission’s Q&A says there is no need for a certificate, and an internal record of training is enough.
It also says deployers of high-risk AI must still make sure the staff overseeing those systems are trained.
National market surveillance authorities in EU member states supervise the rule, with enforcement starting in August 2026.
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Illustrative batch with a typical confidence spread. Your real split comes from a pilot on your own work. Some decisions go to a person whatever the score.
UK firms
Who it reaches on this side of the Channel
The Commission says the AI Act applies to organisations outside the EU where an AI system is placed on the EU market, used in the EU, or affects people in the EU.
That can include a UK firm selling an AI-enabled product into Europe.
It can also include a UK firm whose AI output is used by EU clients or about people in the EU.
Whether it applies to you depends on your facts, so check with your legal adviser.
For a purely domestic business, AI literacy training is still the practical base for meeting UK GDPR expectations on human review.
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Our course
AI literacy training shaped around your risks
The Commission suggests four starting points: a general understanding of AI, your role as provider or deployer, the risks of your systems, and training tailored to each group.
Our AI literacy course follows that structure, using the tools and tasks your staff already have.
Its Q&A notes that staff using a chatbot to write advertising copy should be told about specific risks such as hallucination.
So every AI literacy training session includes hands-on practice at catching made-up facts, biased wording and data that should never have been pasted in.
People who act as the human in the loop get extra time on reviewing, overriding and escalating.
For free, general AI foundations first, see our guide to free government AI training, then build on it with your own AI training for business.
- What AI is, how it fails and where your organisation uses it
- Your role under the AI Act, provider or deployer
- Checking outputs and spotting hallucinations
- What never to paste into an AI tool
- A simple training record you can keep
How it works
Four steps, one owner
Each system ships with a named person accountable for what it does.
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Inventory AI use
We list the AI tools in use, who uses them and whether any EU link brings Article 4 into play.
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Group your people
We split staff by role and risk, from occasional users to named human reviewers.
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Train and practise
Short sessions, in person or remotely, built on your real tasks and tools.
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Record and refresh
You keep an internal record of who was trained on what, refreshed as tools change.
Questions
Asked and answered
Further reading
From the source
European Commission AI Act Service DeskEU AI Act, Article 4: AI literacy ↗Providers and deployers must take measures to support staff AI literacy (as amended July 2026).European CommissionAI Literacy: Questions and Answers ↗What Article 4 asks of providers and deployers, after the Digital Omnibus.EUR-Lex, Official Journal of the European UnionRegulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI) ↗The July 2026 amendment that rewrote Article 4.Office for National StatisticsArtificial intelligence in UK businesses: 2023 to 2026 ↗How many UK firms use AI, by size.Information Commissioner’s OfficeHow do we ensure individual rights in our AI systems? ↗Why a rubber-stamp review is not meaningful human oversight.
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