EU AI Act · pillar 1 of 5
The risk tiers
Four tiers, and the tier is decided by use, not by the technology.
- 1 Four tiers, decided by use The regulation sorts AI by risk of use, not by capability: unacceptable (banned), high (regulated), limited…
- 2 The banned practices Article 5 prohibits a short, closed list: manipulative or exploitative techniques causing significant harm, social…
- 3 High risk arrives by two routes A system is high risk either because it is a safety component of a product already covered by EU harmonised legislation…
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Read against Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI), amending Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 on . Regulations and frameworks change; the date is there so you can tell whether this has kept up.