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The AI Act requires you to train your teams, but doesn't say what in
Original title, in French: “L’AI Act vous demande de former vos équipes, mais ne dit pas à quoi.”
- Publication
- Maddyness (France)
- Author
- Arnaud Lusetti
- Published on
- 28 October 2026 · read in the page structured data
Summary
The article analyses Article 4 of the AI Act, in force for eighteen months, which requires any company deploying an AI system to support the development of its staff's AI literacy, without requiring a specific level. The author cites a YouGov survey for Microsoft France (January, 657 managers and executives): 80% of executives use generative AI every week, 61% of users rely on personal accounts, and more than seven in ten managers have received no training. The author criticises short courses followed by a certificate, which the European Commission itself considers insufficient, and proposes three practical indicators (residual autonomy, quality of judgement, handover time) to measure teams' real skills in the face of the erosion of know-how linked to the use of AI.
Summary based on the full text of the article.
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80 %
Share of French executives using generative AI every week
YouGov survey for Microsoft France, January, 657 managers and executives
« 80 % des dirigeants utilisent l’IA générative chaque semaine »
Source: YouGov pour Microsoft France
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61 %
Share of generative AI users relying on personal accounts
YouGov survey for Microsoft France, January, 657 managers and executives
« 61 % des utilisateurs passent par des comptes personnels »
Source: YouGov pour Microsoft France
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70 %
Share of managers who have received no AI training
YouGov survey for Microsoft France, January, 657 managers and executives
« plus de sept cadres sur dix n’ont reçu aucune formation »
Source: YouGov pour Microsoft France
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— %
Drop in the rate of correct answers when faced with an AI assistant that is confidently wrong
Study mentioned in a previous post by the author, scope not specified
« des participants passent de 46 % à 31 % de bonnes réponses »
Classification
- Country
- France
- Company size
- Micro-businesses, SMEs, All sizes
- Industries
- All industries, or industry not specified · Consulting, legal, accounting, business services · Industry and manufacturing
- Companies
- Microsoft France (study author), YouGov (cited)
- Keywords
- ai act, ai training, regulatory compliance, digital skills, automation bias, article 4
Entry written by Marsanne Studio from the cited article, with the help of an AI model (claude-sonnet-5). The rights to the article and its illustrations belong to Maddyness and its author. Entry translated from French by Claude Sonnet 5.5.