Standards & bodies

EU AI Act

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the EU law that sets rules for artificial intelligence by level of risk, from banned practices to strict requirements for high-risk systems.

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The AI Act sorts AI by risk: banned practices since 2 February 2025, duties for general-purpose AI models since 2 August 2025, transparency duties such as telling people they are talking to an AI since 2 August 2026, and detailed requirements, ending in CE marking, for high-risk systems.

One route to high risk is AI used as a safety component of a product that EU safety law, listed in Annex I, sends to third-party assessment: a machine whose safety functions rely on machine learning, for example. The Digital Omnibus on AI, Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, moved the high-risk dates to 2 December 2027 for listed uses such as hiring and 2 August 2028 for Annex I products. It also routes AI in machinery through the Machinery Regulation, whose added AI requirements must apply by 2 August 2028.

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