EU Artificial Intelligence Act.
The EU AI Act is the world's first comprehensive legal framework for artificial intelligence. It classifies AI systems by risk level (unacceptable, high, limited, minimal) and imposes obligations proportional to risk - from outright bans on social scoring to transparency requirements for chatbots.
Maximum penalty
€35M or 7% global turnover (whichever is higher)
Source: Article 99
Key requirements
AI system risk classification (unacceptable, high, limited, minimal)
Prohibited AI practices (social scoring, real-time biometric surveillance)
High-risk AI: conformity assessment, technical documentation, human oversight
Transparency obligations for AI-generated content
+4 more requirements in the complete guide.
Get the full EU AI Act compliance guide →Enforcement examples
Enforcement begins August 2026
Prohibited practices provisions apply from February 2025; full enforcement August 2026
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2026
How Tessera automates EU AI Act compliance
AI system inventory and automatic risk classification
Training data governance monitoring in CI/CD pipeline
Bias detection and fairness metric tracking
Human oversight requirement validation
Technical documentation generation for conformity assessment
EU AI Act compliance checklist
Essential steps to achieve and maintain EU AI Act compliance.
Inventory all AI systems and classify by risk level
Verify no prohibited AI practices are deployed
Implement conformity assessment for high-risk AI systems
+4 more steps in the full checklist.
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