The Artificial Intelligence Act establishes the first comprehensive, cross-sectoral legal framework for AI within the EU, introducing harmonised rules for placing and using AI systems on the market. It defines ‘artificial intelligence system’ as one “designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment” and built using machine-learning, logic-, or knowledge-based approaches. The Regulation applies a risk-based structure—prohibiting unacceptable-risk AI, imposing strict requirements for high-risk AI (Annex III), and introducing transparency rules for general-purpose and generative models. It creates the European AI Office and national supervisory authorities to enforce compliance, establishes conformity-assessment and CE-marking obligations, and complements the GDPR and Digital Services Act.
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OJ L 2024/1689, PE/24/2024/REV/1
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