EU AI ACT / INDEPENDENT GUIDE
Make sense of AI rules.
Make better decisions.
Understand where the EU AI Act may touch your systems, who has responsibilities and how to turn legal requirements into a practical governance plan.
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The answer depends on the system’s intended purpose, your place in the AI value chain and the specific provision. This site helps you work through those questions in order.
↗01 / A PRACTICAL START
Three questions. A clearer path.
Begin with the facts of your use case before reaching for a compliance label.
Who is responsible?
Separate provider, deployer and model-provider questions before assigning work.
Explore pathway ↗02 / Understand exposureWhat kind of AI use?
Screen the intended purpose against prohibited practices, high-risk criteria and transparency duties.
Explore pathway ↗03 / Plan the workWhat comes next?
Turn requirements into an inventory, review decisions, evidence and ongoing oversight.
Explore pathway ↗02 / RISK LANDSCAPE
Different uses.
Different duties.
The AI Act takes a risk-based approach. Its obligations vary across prohibited practices, high-risk systems, specific transparency situations and general-purpose AI models.
Compare the categories ↗03 / WHO DOES WHAT
Map the actor. Then the action.
Provider and deployer duties can differ for the same technology.
Providers
Develop or have a system developed and place it on the market or put it into service under their own name or trademark.
Explore provider guidance ↗USE UNDER YOUR AUTHORITYDeployers
Operate AI systems within an organisation. The use context, oversight and instructions matter.
Explore deployer guidance ↗FOUNDATION LAYERModel providers
Provide general-purpose AI models, with distinct rules that can sit alongside downstream system obligations.
Explore GPAI guidance ↗04 / APPLICATION DATES
The rules arrive in stages.
Dates reflect the 2026 amendments. Verify with the AI Act Service Desk ↗
05 / EXPLORE THE LIBRARY
Guidance built around decisions.
High-risk AI systems
A structured guide to classification, provider controls, deployer duties and phased high-risk application dates.
Read guide ↗07 / DISCLOSETransparency duties for AI
A careful introduction to selected disclosure and marking duties under Article 50.
Read guide ↗08 / ENABLEAI literacy in practice
Plan appropriate AI literacy for people operating or using AI systems on an organisation’s behalf.
Read guide ↗09 / ORGANISEAI governance planning checklist
A practical, non-certifying checklist for inventory, role mapping, risk review, evidence and monitoring.
Read guide ↗START WITH A SYSTEM. BUILD FROM THERE.