What is the EU AI Act?

The EU AI Act is the world's first comprehensive legal framework for artificial intelligence. It classifies AI systems into four risk tiers — unacceptable risk (prohibited), high risk, limited risk, and minimal risk — and imposes obligations proportional to the risk level.

When does the EU AI Act come into force?

The EU AI Act entered into force on 1 August 2024. Prohibited AI practices became enforceable from 2 February 2025. Obligations for high-risk AI systems apply from 2 August 2026. GPAI model obligations apply from 2 August 2025.

What are the EU AI Act risk categories?

The EU AI Act has four risk categories: (1) Unacceptable risk — prohibited AI systems including social scoring and real-time biometric surveillance; (2) High risk — AI in critical infrastructure, education, employment, essential services; (3) Limited risk — chatbots and systems requiring transparency obligations; (4) Minimal risk — most AI applications with no specific obligations.

What are the penalties for EU AI Act non-compliance?

EU AI Act fines: up to €35 million or 7% of global annual turnover for prohibited AI violations; up to €15 million or 3% for other violations; up to €7.5 million or 1.5% for providing incorrect information to authorities.

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What is your AI system's risk level?

Describe your AI system and get an instant EU AI Act classification — with your exact compliance obligations under Regulation 2024/1689.

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AI classification

Obligations checklist

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🚫 Prohibited

⚠ High Risk

ℹ Limited Risk

✓ Minimal Risk

Based on: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — EU AI Act ↗

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EU AI Act Risk Classifier

Describe your AI system and get an instant EU AI Act classification — with your exact compliance obligations under Regulation 2024/1689. Free with a free account.

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About your company

We use this to contextualise your AI Act obligations — some sectors face stricter requirements.

Sector

Company size

EU market presence

Company name (optional)

Step 2 of 3

Describe your AI system

Be specific — the more detail you provide, the more accurate the classification. You can classify one system at a time.

What does this AI system do? (name/purpose)

Describe how it works and what outputs it produces

e.g. "Analyses CVs and scores candidates 1-100. Scores below 50 are automatically rejected."

Who is directly affected by this system's outputs or decisions?

Deployment context

Step 3 of 3

A few more questions

These help us classify your system accurately under the EU AI Act's risk tiers.

Does the system make or significantly influence decisions autonomously, without mandatory human review before they take effect?

Is it used in a high-stakes area? (employment, credit, insurance, healthcare, education, law enforcement, migration, critical infrastructure)

Does the system process biometric data (faces, voices, fingerprints, gait, etc.)?

Is the system used by or on behalf of a public authority?

Where should we send your results?

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Classifying your AI system…

Analysing against EU AI Act Regulation 2024/1689.

Checking Annex I prohibited practices

Matching Annex III high-risk categories

Determining transparency obligations

Compiling compliance obligations

Classification Rationale

📋 Compliance Obligations

⚡ Immediate Actions

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