The European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act

Earlier this year the European Council passed the Artificial Intelligence Act. Its publication in July 2024 in the Official Journal of the EU was the official notification.There is a dedicated website for the Act here https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/ Apart from the Act itself there is a growing range of resources such as (published last month) an introduction to codes of practice, a compliance checker and a high level summary of the Act (it says "in ten minutes" but I think they are being a bit over-optimistic). In 30 seconds " The Act assigns applications of AI to three risk categories. First, applications and systems that create an unacceptable risk, such as government-run social scoring of the type used in China, are banned. Second, high-risk applications, such as a CV-scanning tool that ranks job applicants, are subject to specific legal requirements. Lastly, applications not explicitly banned or listed as high-risk are largely left unregulated."