The EU AI Act readiness.
The EU AI Act entered into force in 2024 and its first rules, including bans on certain prohibited AI practices and an AI literacy requirement, have applied since February 2025. Rules for general-purpose AI models began applying in August 2025. The high-risk AI rules have now been pushed to December 2, 2027, while high-risk AI embedded in regulated products, such as medical devices, toys and lifts, moves to August 2, 2028.
This gives businesses more time to prepare, but it does not mean they can ignore compliance until 2027.
Gauge your readiness →The rollout, phase by phase.
The EU AI Act is now the world's first comprehensive AI law, and its deadlines are no longer theoretical. If your business builds, buys, or deploys AI tools, even something as simple as a customer service chatbot, some part of this law almost certainly applies to you.
Bans on "unacceptable risk" uses
Social scoring, manipulation, and biometric surveillance uses are banned outright.
General-purpose AI model obligations
Obligations begin for providers of general-purpose AI models.
Transparency obligations apply
Disclosure requirements come into force across a broader set of AI use cases.
High-risk systems deadline
Full obligations land for AI used in hiring, credit, and insurance decisions, shifted from the original August 2026 date.
Embedded AI systems deadline
Obligations extend to AI embedded inside other regulated products and systems.
Not all AI is regulated equally.
Unacceptable risk
Social scoring, manipulative, and biometric surveillance uses, prohibited outright.
High-risk
Documentation and human oversight required: hiring, credit, and insurance decisions sit here.
Limited risk
Disclosure required: users must know they're interacting with AI.
Minimal risk
Largely unregulated: most everyday AI tooling falls here today.
Start with an inventory.
Inventory every AI tool currently in use or planned, map each one against the Act's risk tiers, and prioritize documentation and disclosure for anything touching hiring, lending, or safety decisions first.
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of global annual turnover, whichever is higher, once each deadline lands.
This is an indicative snapshot, not a legal determination. Confirm your specific obligations under the EU AI Act with legal counsel.