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AI literacy

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D6

AI literacy is the skills, knowledge, and understanding that enable informed deployment of AI systems and awareness of their opportunities, risks, and possible harm in context.

Review status: 2027-02-24

Technical explanation

Under the EU instrument, literacy measures take account of a person's knowledge, experience, education, training, use context, and affected persons or groups.

Conceptual boundaries

AI literacy under the cited EU instrument is not a required technical-expertise or certification threshold.

Provider-neutral example

A procurement analyst can learn which data may be entered into an approved AI tool, when its summary requires source checking, and how to raise an uncertainty.

Limitations

The cited EU instrument does not require a specific literacy level or guarantee correct use.

Related concepts

Atomic claims and evidence

  1. 1.1Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act), consolidated text of 27 July 2026 — D6 human-role slice
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    Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act), consolidated text of 27 July 2026 — D6 human-role slice
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    Article 4, current consolidated text of 27 July 2026
    Supported claim
    Article 4 of the current EU AI Act requires providers and deployers to take measures to support the development of AI literacy of staff and other persons dealing with AI-system operation and use on their behalf, taking account of knowledge, experience, education, training, use context, and affected persons or groups.
    Last verification
    Review due
    Scope limitation
    This EU-instrument requirement does not require providers or deployers to guarantee a specific literacy level, technical expertise, or certification.
    1.2NIST AI 100-1, Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) — D6 human and organizational slice
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    NIST AI 100-1, Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) — D6 human and organizational slice
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    Appendix C, printed p. 41: operator and practitioner proficiency with AI-system performance and trustworthiness concepts
    Supported claim
    Article 4 of the current EU AI Act requires providers and deployers to take measures to support the development of AI literacy of staff and other persons dealing with AI-system operation and use on their behalf, taking account of knowledge, experience, education, training, use context, and affected persons or groups.
    Last verification
    Review due
    Scope limitation
    This EU-instrument requirement does not require providers or deployers to guarantee a specific literacy level, technical expertise, or certification.
  2. 2.1NIST AI 100-1, Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) — D6 human and organizational slice
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    NIST AI 100-1, Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) — D6 human and organizational slice
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    Appendix C, printed p. 41
    Supported claim
    NIST says organizations can define and document operator and practitioner proficiency with AI-system performance and trustworthiness concepts as part of analyzing context, limitations, impacts, and decision-making processes.
    Last verification
    Review due
    Scope limitation
    This is voluntary framework guidance and does not establish a single curriculum, skill test, or certification threshold.
  3. 3.1Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act), consolidated text of 27 July 2026 — D6 human-role slice
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    Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act), consolidated text of 27 July 2026 — D6 human-role slice
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    Article 3(56), current consolidated text of 27 July 2026
    Supported claim
    Article 3(56) defines AI literacy as skills, knowledge, and understanding enabling providers, deployers, and affected persons to make informed deployment of AI systems and gain awareness of AI opportunities, risks, and possible harm.
    Last verification
    Review due
    Scope limitation
    This is the definition in the cited EU instrument; it does not turn literacy into a universal credential or a guarantee of correct use.
    3.2NIST AI 100-1, Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) — D6 human and organizational slice
    Source
    NIST AI 100-1, Artificial Intelligence Risk Management Framework (AI RMF 1.0) — D6 human and organizational slice
    Source role
    Authoritative source
    Exact locator
    Appendix C, printed p. 41
    Supported claim
    Article 3(56) defines AI literacy as skills, knowledge, and understanding enabling providers, deployers, and affected persons to make informed deployment of AI systems and gain awareness of AI opportunities, risks, and possible harm.
    Last verification
    Review due
    Scope limitation
    This is the definition in the cited EU instrument; it does not turn literacy into a universal credential or a guarantee of correct use.