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The EU AI Act (entered into force August 2024) is the primary binding AI governance legislation in the EU and a landmark reference point for global AI policy discussions, directly relevant to AI deployment safety and oversight frameworks.

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The EU AI Act is the world's first comprehensive legal framework for artificial intelligence, establishing risk-based regulations for AI systems deployed in the European Union. It categorizes AI into unacceptable risk, high-risk, limited risk, and minimal risk tiers, with corresponding obligations for transparency, safety, and conformity assessment. It also introduces specific rules for general-purpose AI models, including those with systemic risk.

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  • Establishes a four-tier risk classification: prohibited AI practices, high-risk AI systems, limited-risk AI, and minimal-risk AI with proportionate obligations for each.
  • Imposes strict requirements on high-risk AI systems (e.g., biometrics, critical infrastructure, employment) including transparency, human oversight, and conformity assessments.
  • Introduces rules for general-purpose AI (GPAI) models, with enhanced obligations for those deemed to pose systemic risk (e.g., models trained with >10^25 FLOPs).
  • Establishes the European AI Office to oversee enforcement, particularly for GPAI models, alongside national competent authorities.
  • Prohibits certain AI applications outright, including real-time remote biometric identification in public spaces and social scoring by public authorities.

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Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act) (Text with EEA relevance)

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act) (Text with EEA relevance)

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act) (Text with EEA relevance)

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