{"id":16186,"date":"2026-07-22T07:53:27","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T07:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/?p=16186"},"modified":"2026-07-22T07:53:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T07:53:27","slug":"starting-august-2-the-ai-%e2%80%8b%e2%80%8bact-will-introduce-stricter-requirements-regarding-transparency-obligations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsourcing-today.ro\/?p=16186","title":{"rendered":"Starting August 2, the AI \u200b\u200bAct will introduce stricter requirements regarding transparency obligations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over a third of Romanian employees (35%) use artificial intelligence (AI) at least once a week to support their professional activity, above the European average of 29%, according to a study conducted by European HR services provider SD Worx among 5,936 HR managers and 16,500 employees in 16 European countries. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the source, seven out of ten Romanian employees (70%) believe that artificial intelligence systems should clearly explain how they arrive at certain solutions, compared to 64% at the European level. This aspect is becoming increasingly important, as, starting from August 2, the AI \u200b\u200bAct will introduce stricter requirements regarding transparency obligations, the research reveals. At the same time, 30% of Romanian employees are concerned that artificial intelligence will make a large part of their tasks redundant, compared to a quarter of European employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These concerns are naturally higher among employees who are already using AI (38%). As AI becomes more prevalent in the workplace, so does the demand for transparency and responsible use.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Romania, 37% of employees say they are using artificial intelligence more frequently in their daily work, above the European average of 32%. <\/strong>Managers are the ones who use the technology to a greater extent, both in Romania and at European level: 41% say they are using AI more frequently, compared to 26% of employees without management positions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interest is also growing among those who are not yet using artificial intelligence: 8% estimate that they will use this technology more frequently in their professional activity in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Those who are already using AI are feeling its benefits: 68% say that they work more efficiently thanks to the technology. However, only slightly more than half (52%) of AI users benefit from sufficient support from their employer to develop the skills necessary to use artificial intelligence effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the AI \u200b\u200bAct, from 2 February 2025, employers in the European Union must take steps to ensure that employees and other people who use or manage AI systems on behalf of the organisation have an appropriate level of AI literacy. Employees do not need to become experts in AI, but anyone using this technology must be able to use it responsibly and be able to recognise the associated risks.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, employees continue to have confidence in their own capabilities. In Romania, 69% of employees believe that artificial intelligence cannot replace unique human qualities, a percentage very close to the European average of 68%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, there are different views on the ideal way of dividing responsibilities between humans and AI. In Romania, just over half of employees (52%) expect to continue to carry out most activities alone, with only limited support from AI, compared to 54% at European level. In contrast, 41% of Romanian employees anticipate a collaboration model in which humans and AI share responsibilities, with technology playing a supporting role, slightly above the European average of 39%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The differences are even more evident between AI users and non-users. Thus, 72% of those who do not use AI expect to continue to carry out most activities alone, compared to only 31% of AI users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast, AI users see the future to a much greater extent as a collaboration between humans and technology: six out of ten estimate that they will share responsibilities with AI, compared to only 22% of those who do not use this technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These findings come as employers prepare for the next phase of the EU-wide implementation of the AI \u200b\u200bAct. While the main obligations on high-risk AI systems have been postponed to 2027 and 2028, the transparency requirements will come into force from 2 August 2026. This means that users must be able to identify when they are interacting with an AI system, for example via a chatbot, and certain content generated by artificial intelligence will have to be clearly marked. However, following the AI \u200b\u200bOmnibus package, which is due to be published soon, many of the obligations originally due for 2 August 2026 have been postponed. For accuracy, a transition period is also provided for a limited technical aspect: providers of generative AI systems that create synthetic audio, image, video or text content and that were already available on the market before August 2, 2026 will have until December 2, 2026 to comply with the obligation to mark these results in a format that can be automatically read by information systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study was conducted between January 27 and February 20, 2026 in 16 European countries (Belgium, Germany, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, the United Kingdom and Sweden), by the SD Worx Research Institute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

photo source: EU AI Act: A Complete Business Guide for 2025<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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