"The EU AI Act, which entered into force in 2024, differentiates obligations according to the uses and risks of AI systems."
The European Commission explains that the AI Act establishes different treatment for minimal-risk, transparency-risk, high-risk, and unacceptable-risk applications, alongside provisions for general-purpose AI. This risk-based architecture illustrates how legislation can impose different engineering responsibilities according to the system's role and potential consequences.
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