EU AI ACT READINESS CHECK
What Risk Tier Is Your AI System Under the EU AI Act?
Answer a few questions about how your AI system is used. We'll classify it as prohibited, high-risk, limited-risk or minimal-risk, then hand you the obligations and a readiness checklist. Everything runs in your browser. No data leaves your device.
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Step 1. Banned practices (Article 5)
Does your system do any of the following? Tick all that apply. These practices are banned outright.
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EU AI Act, answered plainly
Is my AI system high-risk under the EU AI Act?
Your system is high-risk if it falls into an Annex III use case or acts as a safety component of a regulated product under Annex I. Annex III covers biometric identification, critical infrastructure, education, employment and recruitment, access to essential services (credit scoring and life and health insurance pricing sit here), law enforcement, migration and border control, and the administration of justice. Hit one of those and you carry the full duties in Articles 9 to 15, a conformity assessment, and registration in the EU database.
What are the EU AI Act risk levels?
Four tiers. Prohibited practices are banned outright under Article 5. High-risk systems (Annex III and Annex I) are allowed but heavily regulated. Limited-risk systems like chatbots and deepfake tools carry transparency duties under Article 50. Everything else is minimal-risk, with no mandatory obligations beyond AI literacy.
When do the EU AI Act rules apply?
The Act entered into force on 1 August 2024 and applies in stages. Prohibited practices and AI literacy applied from 2 February 2025. General-purpose AI model rules applied from 2 August 2025. Most high-risk and transparency duties apply from 2 August 2026, and the Annex I product route follows from 2 August 2027.
Does it apply if we are not based in the EU?
It can. The Act reaches providers and deployers who place AI on the EU market or use it in the EU, and it applies where the system's output is used in the EU, wherever you are established. A US or UK business serving EU users can be in scope.
Source: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the EU AI Act). This tool is a first indication, not legal advice.