AI Act
From Wiki for Sustainable IT
The AI Act is Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 governing the placing on the market and use of artificial intelligence systems in the European Union. It is the first comprehensive legal framework for AI worldwide.
It entered into force on 1 August 2024 and became applicable on 2 August 2026. It does not regulate the technology itself but its uses, with obligations proportionate to risk.
Risk-based approach
- Unacceptable risk
- prohibited practices, such as social scoring or exploiting people's vulnerabilities
- High risk
- strict obligations covering risk management, data quality, technical documentation, human oversight and robustness
- Transparency risk
- obligation to inform people that they are interacting with an AI or that content was generated
- Minimal risk
- no specific obligation; the vast majority of systems fall here
Timetable
Prohibited practices applied from 2 February 2025; general-purpose AI governance from 2 August 2025; general application from 2 August 2026; high-risk systems in sensitive areas from 2 December 2027; high-risk systems embedded in regulated products from 2 August 2028.
