Source: OJ L, 2024/1689, 12.7.2024

Current language: FR

Article 4 Maîtrise de l’IA


Summary What does Article 4 of the AI Act say?

This brief but foundational article establishes an AI literacy obligation for both providers and deployers of AI systems.

Rather than prescribing a specific training programme or curriculum, it sets a general standard: those who develop or deploy AI systems must take measures to ensure that their staff and anyone else handling those systems on their behalf has a sufficient level of understanding of AI.

Notably, the obligation is calibrated to the individual — what counts as sufficient takes into account the person's existing technical knowledge, experience, education, and training, as well as the specific context in which the AI system is used and who it affects.

Important points:

  • Both providers and deployers of AI systems must take measures to ensure sufficient AI literacy among their staff and anyone operating AI systems on their behalf.
  • The standard of literacy required is not fixed — it must be assessed in light of each person's existing knowledge, experience, education, and training.
  • The context of use matters: the persons or groups on whom the AI system is used must also be considered when determining what level of literacy is sufficient.

Springlex's summary of the article, a reading aid, not a substitute for the legal text.

Les fournisseurs et les déployeurs de systèmes d’IA prennent des mesures pour garantir, dans toute la mesure du possible, un niveau suffisant de maîtrise de l’IA pour leur personnel et les autres personnes s’occupant du fonctionnement et de l’utilisation des systèmes d’IA pour leur compte, en prenant en considération leurs connaissances techniques, leur expérience, leur éducation et leur formation, ainsi que le contexte dans lequel les systèmes d’IA sont destinés à être utilisés, et en tenant compte des personnes ou des groupes de personnes à l’égard desquels les systèmes d’IA sont destinés à être utilisés.

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