The EU AI Act: What are the gotchas?

From drifting into the high risk strategy to believing your products to be out of scope, there's a lot to watch out for

John Leonard
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The EU AI Act: What are the gotchas?
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The EU AI Act: What are the gotchas?

The EU AI Act comes into force today. This doesn’t mean that providers and deployers of risky AI systems need to be compliant as of now, but the clock is ticking down.

AI systems judged to pose a clear threat to the fundamental rights of EU citizens (those in the "unacceptable risk" category) will be banned outright six months from today – 2nd February 2025  – wi...

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