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Written by Tambiama Madiega (4th edition, updated on 02.09.2024).
European Union lawmakers signed the artificial intelligence (AI) act in June 2024. The AI act, the first binding worldwide horizontal regulation on AI, sets a common framework for the use and supply of AI systems in the EU.
The new act offers a classification for AI systems with different requirements and obligations tailored to a ‘risk-based approach’. Some AI systems presenting ‘unacceptable’ risks are prohibited. A wide range of ‘high-risk’ AI systems that can have a detrimental impact on people’s health, safety or on their fundamental rights are authorised, but subject to a set of requirements and obligations to gain access to the EU market. AI systems posing limited risks because of their lack of transparency will be subject to information and transparency requirements, while AI systems presenting only minimal risk for people will not be subject to further obligations.
The regulation also lays down specific rules for general purpose AI (GPAI) models and lays down more stringent requirements for GPAI models with ‘high-impact capabilities’ that could pose a systemic risk and have a significant impact on the internal market.
The AI Act was published in the EU’s Official Journal on 12 July 2024. It entered into force in August 2024.
Complete version
- September 2024: Artificial intelligence act (4th edition)
| Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the council laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (artificial intelligence act) and amending certain Union legislative acts |
| Committees responsible: | Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) (jointly under Rule 58) | COM(2021)206 21.04.2021 |
| Rapporteurs: | Brando Benifei (S&D, Italy) and Dragoş Tudorache (Renew, Romania) | 2021/0106(COD) |
| Shadow rapporteurs: | Deirdre Clune, Axel Voss (EPP); Petar Vitanov (S&D); Svenja Hahn, (Renew); Sergey Lagodinsky, Kim Van Sparrentak (Greens/EFA); Rob Rooken, Kosma Złotowski (ECR); Jean‑Lin Lacapelle, Jaak Madison (ID); Cornelia Ernst, Kateřina Konecna (The Left) | Ordinary legislative procedure (COD) (Parliament and Council on equal footing – formerly ‘co-decision’) |
| Procedure completed. Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 OJ L, 2024/1689, 12.7.2024 |
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