DigComp 3.0: AI woven in, not a separate list

DigComp 3.0 did not create a new 'AI competence area' or renumber the framework. Instead, AI literacy was threaded into the existing five areas: Information and Data Literacy, Communication and Collaboration, Digital Content Creation, Safety, and Problem Solving. For example, understanding how AI recommends content now sits under Information Literacy, not a separate AI column. The old area names still matter, so do not assume a question about AI automatically belongs to a new category.

A common trap is to treat AI as a sixth area or to think the numbering changed. If a question lists five competence areas, that is still correct. Another trick: when you see 'digital rights' or 'sustainability', link them to the Safety area (e.g., rights around data privacy) or Problem Solving (e.g., using tech sustainably). For disinformation, place it under Information Literacy. Practise mapping each new theme to its original area, not to a new label.

To remember: think of DigComp 3.0 as a house with five rooms, and AI, cybersecurity, disinformation, digital rights, and sustainability are new furniture placed inside those rooms, not new rooms themselves. If a question offers a sixth area as an option, eliminate it immediately. Test yourself by naming which area covers AI-driven content recommendations (Information Literacy) or digital rights in data use (Safety).