What is EU AI Act ?
The EU AI Act is the world's first comprehensive regulation on artificial intelligence. Adopted in 2024, it establishes a regulatory framework based on AI system risk level: unacceptable risk (prohibited), high risk (strict obligations), limited risk (transparency obligations), and minimal risk (free use). High-risk AI systems must comply with requirements for risk management, data quality, technical documentation, transparency, human oversight, and robustness. The regulation applies progressively between 2025 and 2027.
Key Points
- 4 risk levels: unacceptable (prohibited), high risk, limited risk, and minimal risk
- Prohibited systems: generalized social scoring, exploitation of vulnerabilities, real-time remote biometric identification (with exceptions)
- High-risk systems: risk management system, training data quality, technical documentation, logging, transparency, human oversight
- General-purpose AI models (GPAI): transparency obligations, technical documentation, copyright compliance
- Penalties up to 35 million euros or 7% of annual worldwide turnover
Why Zaxyr
Zaxyr helps organizations classify their AI systems according to the EU AI Act risk levels, document compliance requirements, and maintain an AI system registry. The platform provides technical documentation templates, compliance checklists by risk category, and mapping to GDPR for AI-related personal data processing.