EU AI Act in the EU
Scope, prohibited practices, high-risk systems and fines. Each answer cites the article or section it rests on.
8 questions
- Does the EU AI Act apply if my company is outside the EU?Yes, in many cases. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the "EU AI Act" or "AI-verordening") applies to providers and deployers of AI systems that are established
- What AI practices does the EU AI Act prohibit?Short conclusion. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the "AI Act" / AI-verordening) prohibits eight categories of AI practices that the European legislator
- What counts as a high-risk AI system under the EU AI Act?A system is "high-risk" under the EU AI Act if it falls into one of the two routes in Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, and the special "filter" in
- Do I have to tell users they are talking to an AI?Yes, in most cases. Under Article 50(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the "EU AI Act" / "AI-verordening"), providers of AI systems intended to interact
- What are the fines under the EU AI Act?Under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the "EU AI Act" / "AI-verordening"), fines for providers are set in three tiers — the regulator picks whichever is higher
- Do general-purpose AI models have extra EU AI Act rules?Short answer: Yes. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the "EU AI Act" / "AI-verordening") adds a dedicated layer of rules specifically for general-purpose AI
- I deploy AI but did not build it — what must I do under the Act?If you deploy an AI system you did not build, you are a "deployer" under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the EU AI Act). What you must do depends on the AI
- When do EU AI Act obligations start applying?Short conclusion