EU AI Act prohibited practices and AI-literacy duties start to apply
Concerns EU AI Act
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In brief
EU AI Act prohibited practices and AI-literacy duties start to apply. Recorded for the European Union on 2 February 2025. It concerns the EU AI Act. Chapters I and II of the AI Act became applicable, banning the Article 5 practices and requiring providers and deployers to ensure AI literacy under Article 4.
- Date
- 2 February 2025
- Jurisdiction
- European Union
- Instrument
- EU AI Act
- Impact
- Urgent
- Status afterwards
- Partially applicable
- Official source
- Official Journal of the European Union
What changed?
Chapters I and II of the AI Act became applicable, banning the Article 5 practices and requiring providers and deployers to ensure AI literacy under Article 4. The Commission published guidelines on prohibited practices on 4 February 2025.
What does it mean in practice?
Prohibited-use screening and staff AI training are now legal requirements for anyone using AI in the EU.
Official source
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 113(a)Official Journal of the European Union · 12 Jul 2024
Cite this record
AIPolicyTracker (2026). “EU AI Act prohibited practices and AI-literacy duties start to apply” [AIPT-CHG-0068, record version 1, verified 26 September 2026 by Bhaskar Bhatt]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-CHG-0068 (accessed 12 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Cite the official text alongside it: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 113(a), Official Journal of the European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj.
BibTeX
@misc{aipolicytracker2026_euaiactprohibitedpractic,
author = {{AIPolicyTracker}},
title = {{EU AI Act prohibited practices and AI-literacy duties start to apply}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-02-02-eu-ai-act-prohibitions-apply}},
url = {https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-02-02-eu-ai-act-prohibitions-apply},
urldate = {2026-11-12},
note = {Data licensed CC BY 4.0. Accessed 12 November 2026}
}
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