# AI Act (EU AI Regulation)

> How the AI Act sorts AI applications by risk, and why for most businesses it is not about high-risk systems but about labelling and transparency.

Synonyms: AI Act, EU AI Act, EU AI Regulation, AI regulation

The AI Act sorts AI applications by the risk they carry: from prohibited practices through high-risk fields of use to applications of limited risk. The higher the classification, the stricter the requirements for traceability, oversight and documentation. The regulation applies directly across the Union and takes effect in stages.

For most small and medium-sized businesses this is not about high-risk systems but about transparency. Wherever a machine talks to people or generates content, it should be recognisable that a machine was involved. That covers assistants on your own website as much as automatically generated text or images.

In practice it means labelling rather than glossing over. Disclosing where AI played a part does not merely discharge an obligation; it answers a question the reader was going to ask anyway. For the specifics of your own case a legal review is needed — a glossary entry is no substitute for advice.

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Source: https://btlabs.dev/en/glossary/ai-act-eu-ai-regulation
Last-Modified: 2026-08-16T04:56:29.214Z
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