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

- **Record type**: Change log entry
- **Occurred on**: 2025-02-02
- **Jurisdiction**: European Union
- **Instrument**: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — Artificial Intelligence Act
- **Impact level**: Urgent
- **Status after the change**: 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 it means in practice

Prohibited-use screening and staff AI training are now legal requirements for anyone using AI in the EU.

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/changes/2025-02-02-eu-ai-act-prohibitions-apply
- **Official source**: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj
- **Source document**: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, Article 113(a)
- **Published by**: Official Journal of the European Union
- **Review status**: pending review
- **Confidence**: high
- **Facts last confirmed**: never confirmed against the official source
- **Retrieved**: 2026-09-24
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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