EU AI Act
The EU AI Act: What It Means for Your Business
What Is the EU AI Act?
The EU AI Act is the European Union's regulation on artificial intelligence: the first binding, comprehensive legal framework for AI worldwide. It uses a risk-based approach: the higher the risk of an AI application, the stricter the requirements. In force since August 2024, with obligations phasing in through 2027.
Who Is Affected?
The EU AI Act applies to providers (developers) and deployers (users) of AI systems.
High-risk systems, defined in Annex III, face the strictest requirements:
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Insurance: underwriting, claims, risk assessment, pricing
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Financial services: credit scoring, fraud detection, investment recommendations
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Employment & HR: CV screening, interview evaluation, workforce management
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Critical infrastructure: energy, transport, water, digital systems
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Public services: social benefits, migration, law enforcement
If your AI influences decisions about people's access to insurance, credit, jobs, or essential services, it's likely high-risk.
What If You're Not Directly Affected?
Transparency obligations apply to chatbots and generative AI. General-purpose AI models have their own rules. And beyond legal requirements, customers and partners increasingly expect demonstrable AI quality. Starting now puts you ahead of partners and clients who haven't started yet.
What are the Most Important Articles of the EU AI Act
and What Do they Mean for You?
Article 9: Risk management
Identify, evaluate, and mitigate risks across the AI lifecycle.
Article 10: Data governance
Training and test data must meet quality criteria.
Article 11: Technical documentation
Document design, development, testing, and performance.
Article 13: Transparency
Make the system understandable to deployers and affected persons.
Article 14: Human oversight
Enable effective human oversight and intervention.
Article 15: Accuracy, robustness,
cybersecurity
Appropriate accuracy, resilience, and security against manipulation.
How confora labs Helps
The EU AI Act tells you what to achieve. We help you prove you've achieved it. Confora Insight automates testing, monitors your systems continuously, and generates audit-ready reports — including guided role determination, Annex III classification, and traceable reasoning.
We don't replace your legal team. We give them the technical evidence they need.
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Frequently Asked Questions
When does it apply?
In force since August 2024. High-risk obligations from August 2026. GPAI rules in effect from August 2025.
Does it apply outside the EU?
Yes: extraterritorial scope. If your AI is used in the EU, you're in scope.
What are the penalties?
Up to €35M or 7% of global turnover. High-risk violations: up to €15M or 3%.
Is certification needed?
Most high-risk systems need conformity assessment. Often self-assessment, sometimes third-party.
Provider vs. deployer?
Provider develops and markets the AI. Deployer uses it professionally. Both have obligations; providers carry more.
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