Which Businesses Should Pay Attention to the EU AI Act - AI Applications, Legality and Regulations
💼💥 AI Law Just Dropped! Here’s Why Every Biz Should Pay Attention. Probably yours too!
🤖 Sooo... What’s the Deal with the EU AI Act? 👇
🧠 Overview of European Union AI Act
The EU AI Act is the world’s first comprehensive law regulating artificial intelligence. It’s been in force since August 2024, but not everything applies right away.
📅 Important dates to tattoo on your brain:
🔹 Feb 2, 2025: AI systems with “unacceptable risk” are banned.
🔹 June 2025: Codes of practice are expected to apply.
🔹 Aug 2, 2025: Governance rules & GPAI obligations kick in.
🔹 Aug 2026: Most of the Act applies.
🔹 By 2027: All high-risk AI must fully comply.
⚖️ AI is categorized by risk
The Act groups AI into 4 levels:
🛑 Unacceptable risk – BANNED
🔹 Manipulating behavior (like voice toys that tell kids to do dangerous things)
🔹 Social scoring based on personal traits
🔹 Real-time facial recognition in public
🔹 Biometric identification and categorization of people
⚠️ High risk – Strictly regulated
Applies to AI used in:
🔹 Medical devices
🔹 Hiring systems,
🔹 Critical infrastructure, etc
👉 Must be registered in an EU database)
💬 Limited risk – Be transparent (Ex: Chatbots, deepfakes)
👉 Make sure users know they’re dealing with AI)
🎮 Minimal risk – Chill zone (Ex: Spam filters, video game AI, recommendation systems)
🤔 What about GPAI?
🎬 General-Purpose AI GPAI refers to versatile models like GPT, Gemini, Claude... that can do many things, used across apps.
❌ Not always risky but may become high risk depending on use.
🔍 Recommendations to business
You're covered if you're a:
✅ AI developer (in or outside EU)
✅ AI deployer (company using AI in EU)
✅ Non-EU businesses with AI used in the EU
✅ Importer/distributor of AI
✅ Product manufacturer using AI inside
✅ Reps for AI providers outside the EU
✅ Affected individuals in the EU
🌍 This Act has global impact, like the GDPR.
Business should:
👉 First, define your role
👉 Then, assess risk level of your AI
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Combination from various sources.
Date: May, 2025.
🎯 What even is the EU AI Act?
⚡ The first comprehensive AI law in the EU.
⚙️ AI is categorized by risk:
❌ Unacceptable - Fully banned from Feb 2025.
👉 Social scoring, Manipulative behavior, Real-time facial recognition
⚠️ High - Phased rollout: starts 2025, full by 2027
👉 AI in Healthcare, Education, Infrastructure, Law enforcement
🤖 Limited - Make sure users know they’re interacting with AI
👉 Chatbot, Deepfake
🧩 Minimal - Green light zone
👉 Spam filters, AI in games
🧠 GPAI – Versatile, but not untouchable
🔍 General Purpose AI - flexible models like GPT, Gemini…
🤔 Regular use? No problem.
❌ Use it wrong? Boom – high-risk label.
🌐 August 2025: Full rules kick in.
💼 Who’s getting hit by this law?
👉 Providers, deployers, importers, distributors, manufacturers, representatives of AI
📌 Like GDPR - global in scope
🚨 What should businesses do now?
🔍 Identify your role
📦 Check your AI’ s risk level?
🧾 Prepare as soon as possible
❓ What do you think about the EU AI Act? Drop your hot takes in the comments!
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Which Businesses Should Pay Attention to the EU AI Act - AI Applications, Legality and Regulations[AT1]
1. Overview of European Union AI Act
Full version of legal text: Regulation - EU - 2024/1689 - EN - EUR-Lex
The AI Act is the first European Union (EU) comprehensive law of Artificial Intelligence. Although it has been in force since August 2024, not every obligation would apply. In fact, the timeline for compliance is as follow:
This Act is a risk-based approach, categorizing the AI into four level of risks:
The Act also introduces the definition of GPAI. These systems are versatile and designed to perform a broad range of tasks across various applications. While not specifically restricted to high-risk scenarios, GPAI can become part of high-risk systems depending on how they are used.
2. Recommendations to business
This Act would influence every business who are:
(a) providers placing on the market or putting into service AI systems or placing on the market general-purpose AI models in the Union, irrespective of whether those providers are established or located within the Union or in a third country;
(b) deployers of AI systems that have their place of establishment or are located within the Union;
(c) providers and deployers of AI systems that have their place of establishment or are in a third country, where the output produced by the AI system is used in the Union;
(d) importers and distributors of AI systems;
(e) product manufacturers placing on the market or putting into service an AI system together with their product and under their own name or trademark;
(f) authorized representatives of providers, which are not established in the Union;
(g) affected persons that are located in the Union.
Like GDPR (EU law on personal data protection), the scope could span global as persons affected by the system could be living in EU or the target market of the system is EU. However, the majority of obligations fall on providers (developers) of high-risk AI systems which means tech companies would be most affected by this Act, especially international ones. Developers and deployers of limited-risk AI systems are subjected to lighter obligations of transparency: they must only ensure that end-users are aware that they are interacting with AI.
In conclusion, business should first specify their role over the AI system and its level of risk to coordinate actions and strategies to comply with the EU AI Act.
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Combination from various sources.
Date: May, 2025.
The EU AI Act is the European Union’s first comprehensive legal framework regulating artificial intelligence. It adopts a risk-based approach, classifying AI systems into four categories: unacceptable, high, limited, and minimal risk.
Unacceptable risk AI systems—such as those involving social scoring, manipulative behavior, or real-time biometric surveillance—are banned as of February 2025. High-risk AI, which includes AI used in critical sectors like healthcare, education, law enforcement, and infrastructure, is subject to strict requirements and will be regulated in phases, with full compliance required by 2027. Limited-risk systems (e.g., chatbots, deepfakes) are permitted with transparency obligations, while minimal-risk systems (e.g., spam filters, video games) face little to no regulation.
The Act also regulates General Purpose AI (GPAI), which are versatile models not inherently high-risk but may become so depending on their application. From August 2025, rules concerning GPAI, governance, confidentiality, and fines will take effect.
The AI Act applies broadly, affecting providers, deployers, importers, distributors, manufacturers, and representatives of AI systems, regardless of whether they are based in the EU or abroad, similar in scope to the GDPR. Businesses, especially tech companies developing high-risk AI, are most impacted.
To comply, businesses must identify their role in the AI system’s lifecycle and determine its risk classification. This will inform them of the level of regulation and obligations they face. Early preparation is essential as the phased implementation progresses toward full enforcement.
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Date: May, 2025.
