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The EU AI Act is the European Union regulation governing the development, market placement and use of AI systems within the European economic area. It is the world's first horizontal legal framework specifically dedicated to AI, designed to apply across all sectors, from healthcare to finance, from education to human resources, rather than governing a single application domain.
The regulation adopts a risk-based approach: it classifies AI systems into categories (unacceptable risk, high risk, limited risk, minimal risk) and sets obligations proportionate to the severity of the risk the system may pose to health, safety or fundamental rights. It applies not only to companies based in the EU but to anyone placing AI systems on the European market or whose outputs are used within the Union, with an extraterritorial reach similar to the GDPR's.
For companies and developers, the AI Act brings concrete obligations: mapping their AI systems against the risk categories, preparing technical documentation, ensuring human oversight over high-risk systems, and in some cases undergoing conformity assessments before commercialization. Penalties for the most serious violations are among the highest in the European regulatory landscape.
The regulation was proposed by the European Commission in 2021 and entered into force through a progressive, staggered application, with different obligations taking effect at different times depending on the risk category. It represents the EU's attempt to replicate, in the AI domain, the global regulatory influence already achieved with the GDPR on data protection.
Grace dedicates specific scenarios and learning paths to understanding the EU AI Act, helping professionals recognize which risk category the AI systems they use every day at work fall into.
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