AI Act
The AI Act (the European regulation on artificial intelligence, adopted in 2024) is the world's first horizontal legal framework governing the development and use of AI systems.
The AI Act (the European regulation on artificial intelligence, adopted in 2024) is the world's first horizontal legal framework governing the development and use of AI systems. It applies to any AI placed on the market or used in the European Union, regardless of where the provider is based.
It classifies AI systems based on a risk approach: prohibited (social scoring, cognitive manipulation), high-risk (HR, education, justice, critical infrastructure), limited-risk (chatbots) and minimal-risk. General-purpose AI models (GPAI) such as LLMs have their own transparency and risk-management obligations.
Enforcement rolls out gradually from 2025 to 2027, with fines reaching up to 7% of global turnover.