The AI Act classifies AI systems into prohibited, high-risk, limited-risk and minimal-risk, with obligations scaled accordingly.
It adds a dedicated regime for General-Purpose AI (GPAI) models, including systemic-risk models.
It applies along the value chain: providers, deployers, importers and distributors of AI systems used in the EU market.
Providers and deployers of AI systems placed on the EU market or whose output is used in the EU.
Providers of general-purpose AI models made available in the EU.
Prohibited practices (e.g. social scoring, untargeted scraping for facial recognition databases).
High-risk AI: risk management, data governance, technical documentation, logging, transparency, human oversight, accuracy/robustness/cybersecurity, post-market monitoring.
Transparency obligations for limited-risk systems (chatbots, deepfakes, emotion recognition).
GPAI documentation, copyright policy, training-data summary; extra duties for systemic-risk GPAI.
- 2024-08-01Entry into force
- 2025-02-02Prohibitions apply
- 2025-08-02GPAI rules apply
- 2026-08-02High-risk rules apply
- 2027-08-02Full application
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