EU AI Act
The EU AI Act is the world’s first comprehensive regulation governing artificial intelligence systems. It introduces a risk-based approach: the higher the risk an AI system poses to health, safety or fundamental rights, the stricter the requirements it must meet. The regulation classifies AI systems into four levels of risk – from unacceptable (prohibited practices, e.g., social scoring), to high (e.g., AI in recruitment, medical diagnostics, credit scoring), to limited (transparency requirements, e.g., chatbots must inform that the user is talking to AI), to minimal (no additional obligations). For companies, this means identifying which risk category their AI systems fall into, and then implementing appropriate measures – from technical documentation to training data management to human oversight.
The regulation went into effect on August 1, 2024. Application is staggered: bans on unacceptable AI practices take effect on February 2, 2025, provisions for general-purpose AI models (GPAI) on August 2, 2025, and full requirements for high-risk AI systems on August 2, 2026.
The EU AI Act has a very broad application. It applies to suppliers of AI systems (companies that develop or market them in the EU), implementers (deployers – companies that use AI systems in their operations), importers and distributors. In practice, this means that if your company uses any AI system – be it an automated resume analysis tool, a customer service chatbot, a recommendation system, a content generation tool, or a scoring algorithm – the EU AI Act likely imposes specific obligations on you. This applies to companies from all sectors of the economy.
The EU AI Act provides for some of the highest penalties in European law: up to €35 million or 7% of total annual worldwide turnover for violating prohibited AI practices; up to €15 million or 3% of turnover for violating most other obligations; up to €7.5 million or 1.5% of turnover for providing false information to regulators. For SMEs and startups, the penalties are proportionately lower (the lower of the amounts applies), but they can still be severe.
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