European framework
The AI Act (article 4), for local businesses
The AI literacy obligation of the European AI Act does not stop at the EU border. If you operate there or serve clients there, it concerns you, and that is precisely what Aptia measures.
The AI Act and its article 4
The European AI regulation, in force since August 2024, is the first comprehensive framework governing artificial intelligence. Its article 4 requires providers and deployers of AI systems to ensure a sufficient level of AI literacy among their staff and anyone using AI on their behalf. This obligation has applied since 2 February 2025.
Read the AI Act textAI literacy is not cosmetic awareness: it is the ability to use AI in an informed way, weighing its opportunities, risks and possible harms.
Why a Québec company is concerned
The regulation has extraterritorial reach. It also applies to organizations established outside the Union as soon as the outputs of their AI system are used there, or they place a system on the European market. A local SME serving European clients, or whose tools touch the EU, may therefore be covered, often without knowing it. Better to anticipate than to scramble.
What literacy under article 4 requires
Three concrete expectations, beyond the principle.
Real competencies
Sufficient knowledge and understanding to use AI responsibly, not a mere checked box.
Adapted to context
To the role, the job and the risk level of the people concerned, not a single generic course.
Demonstrable
You must be able to prove the measures taken. Without a record, the obligation is not met.
The timeline
The AI Act enters into force.
The AI literacy obligation (art. 4) becomes applicable.
The governance and sanctions regime ramps up.
The regulation provides for fines reaching several million euros depending on the nature of the breach. The cost of a literacy effort is incomparable to that of a recorded breach.
Where Aptia responds directly
Article 4 is precisely about literacy: it is the heart of Aptia.
Measure literacy
Your teams' level across the seven key competencies, what article 4 asks you to ensure.
Train where needed
Targeted capsules, adapted to role and risk level, triggered by the diagnostic.
Document the measures
Report and time-stamped attestations: the "demonstrable" proof the text requires.
The scope, no ambiguity
Aptia covers the literacy obligation (article 4):
measure it, close it, document it.
The AI Act includes other obligations (risk-system classification, product conformity, transparency, etc.) that go beyond a literacy platform. Have your full exposure assessed by a legal advisor.
Get ahead of article 4
Measure your teams' AI literacy and document your compliance with the article 4 obligation.
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