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AI Act bans and AI literacy duty start to apply in the EU

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Source: European Commission, Shaping Europe’s digital futureAlso reported by European Commission: guidelines on prohibited AI practices

The AI Act’s earliest provisions applied from 2 February 2025: the definition of an AI system, the AI literacy duty and the list of prohibited practices. On 4 February the Commission published non-binding guidelines on prohibited practices such as harmful manipulation, social scoring and real-time remote biometric identification, followed by guidelines on the AI system definition. The Commission notes that authoritative interpretation rests with the Court of Justice.

Why it matters

Companies and public bodies in the EU had to stop banned AI uses and train staff on AI from this date, and the guidelines show how the Commission reads each ban.

When
2 Feb 2025
ID
WTA-N-2025-0065
Who
European Commission, AI Office
Rules involved

Summary by wheresthe.ai, from European Commission, Shaping Europe’s digital future and the reporting credited above. Checked against the source on 9 Oct 2026.

Read the original at European Commission, Shaping Europe’s digital future

Source copy: download the page as saved on 18 Oct 2026 (PDF). Also held by the Internet Archive.

Next stop on this Storyline: What happened nextCommission proposes Digital Omnibus to tie AI Act high-risk dates to standards

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WTA-N-2025-0065: “AI Act bans and AI literacy duty start to apply in the EU.” wheresthe.ai, 2 Feb 2025. https://wheresthe.ai/d/eu-ai-act-prohibitions-apply-2025-02/ (source: European Commission, Shaping Europe’s digital future).

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