Artificial Intelligence Act - Wikipedia

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 2024 European Union regulation 
 

 Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 European Union regulation Text with EEA relevance Title Artificial Intelligence Act [ 1 ] Made by European Parliament and Council Journal reference OJ L, 2024/1689, 12.7.2024 History European Parliament vote 13 March 2024 Council Vote 21 May 2024 Entry into force 1 August 2024 Preparative texts Commission proposal 2021/206 Other legislation Amends 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 Current legislation 
 The Artificial Intelligence Act ( AI Act ) [ 1 ] is a European Union regulation concerning artificial intelligence (AI). It establishes a common regulatory and legal framework for AI within the European Union (EU). [ 2 ] The regulation entered into force on 1 August 2024, [ 3 ] with provisions that shall come into operation gradually over the following 6 to 36 months. [ 4 ] 

 It covers most AI systems across a wide range of sectors, with exemptions for AI used only for military, national security, research purposes, or for non-professional use. [ 5 ] As a form of product regulation, it does not create individual rights; instead, it places duties on AI providers and on organisations that use AI in a professional context. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] 

 The Act classifies non-exempt AI applications by their risk of causing harm. There are four levels – unacceptable, high, limited, minimal – plus an additional category for general-purpose AI. [ 8 ] 

 Applications with unacceptable risks are banned.

 High-risk applications must comply with security, transparency and quality obligations, and undergo conformity assessments .

 Limited-risk applications only have transparency obligations.

 Minimal-risk applications are not regulated.
 
 For general-purpose AI, transparency requirements are imposed, with reduced requirements for open source models, and additional evaluations for high-capability models. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] 

 The Act also creates a European Artificial Intelligence Board to promote national cooperation and ensure compliance with the regulation. [ 11 ] Like the EU's General Data Protection Regulation , the Act can apply extraterritorially to providers from outside the EU if they have users within the EU. [ 7 ] 

 Proposed by the European Commission on 21 April 2021, [ 12 ] it passed the European Parliament on 13 March 2024, [ 13 ] and was unanimously approved by the EU Council on 21 May 2024. [ 14 ] The draft Act was revised to address the rise in popularity of generative artificial intelligence systems, such as ChatGPT , whose general-purpose capabilities did not fit the main framework. [ 15 ] 

 
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 There are different risk categories depending on the type of ap

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