glossary.

The European Union's comprehensive risk-based law governing the use of and supply of AI. You don't need to be based in the EU for the Act to affect you and it may apply if you sell or provide an AI system to consumers or customers in the EU (even from outside the EU). The Act bans specific practices, imposes requirements on high-risk systems and gives specific rules around transparency, AI literacy, and general purpose AI models. The Act has already been amended and has been going live in phases, but most of it has been live since August 2026. High-risk uses have rules following in December 2027 and August 2028. In short, it's complex and comprehensive and broad in who needs to take note.