News & updates.
The legal landscape around AI literacy is moving quickly. Below is the living legal timeline, followed by news and legal updates from SAIG.
The legal timeline
From entry into force to enforcement.
EU AI Act enters into force
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 enters into force; its provisions apply in phases.
Article 4 takes effect
The obligation to ensure demonstrable AI literacy has applied to every provider and deployer of AI systems in the EU since this date.
First Dutch DPA AI literacy guidance
The Dutch Data Protection Authority (AP) publishes 'Getting started with AI literacy' — the first concrete help for organisations.
European Commission publishes AI Literacy Q&A
The Commission clarifies the scope of Article 4 and what is meant by a 'sufficient level'.
GPAI obligations take effect
The obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models (GPAI) become applicable.
Second Dutch DPA guidance with four-step plan
The AP publishes ‘Building further on AI literacy’: identify, set objectives, implement, evaluate.
UAIV opened for public consultation
The Dutch AI Act Implementation Act designates the supervisory authorities and sets out the sanctions regime.
Provisional political agreement on Digital Omnibus
Council and Parliament reach a provisional agreement. High-risk AI (Annex III) is pushed back to 2 December 2027; Article 4 was not marked as definitively amended and remains in force. The formal law is still to follow.
UAIV consultation closed
The public consultation has concluded; the legislative process is ongoing.
Enforcement of operator obligations begins
National market surveillance authorities begin enforcement of the operator obligations, including Article 4.
Transparency and watermarking deadline
Transparency obligations for AI-generated content, among other things, become applicable under the Digital Omnibus agreement.
High-risk AI (Annex III) takes effect
The obligations for stand-alone high-risk AI systems become applicable on the postponed date.
News and legal updates