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EU AI Act prohibited practices and AI-literacy duties start to apply

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Verified against the official source 26 Sep 2026 · reviewed by Bhaskar Bhatt (a factual check against the official source, not a legal review or legal advice)
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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

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

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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.

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  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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