EU AI Act / Chapter I / Article 1

EU AI Act · Article 1

Subject matter

Chapter: I · General provisions
Applies from: 2 February 2025
Who: Everyone

What it means

Sets out what the Act is for: a single EU market for trustworthy, human-centric AI that protects health, safety and fundamental rights, while supporting innovation. It lays down rules on placing AI on the market, prohibited practices, high-risk requirements, transparency, general-purpose models, market surveillance and support for innovation.

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Scope

Plain-English summary by sebbi.pro of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744. The official text is the only authoritative version: EUR-Lex.

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