The AI Act - Even More Operational
The AI Act is the first-ever legal framework on AI, which addresses the risks of AI and positions Europe to play a leading role globally.
The AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence) is the first-ever comprehensive legal framework on AI worldwide. The aim of the rules is to foster trustworthy AI in Europe.
The AI Act sets out a clear set of risk-based rules for AI developers and deployers regarding specific uses of AI.
The AI Act entered into force on 1 August 2024, and will be fully applicable 2 years later on 2 August 2026, with some exceptions:
prohibitions and AI literacy obligations entered into application from 2 February 2025
the governance rules and the obligations for GPAI models became applicable on 2 August 2025
the rules for high-risk AI systems - embedded into regulated products - have an extended transition period until 2 August 2027
To assist providers of GPAI models, the Commission published guidelines clarifying who must comply with the obligations.
GPAI models are defined as those trained with over 10^23 FLOP and capable of generating language. Additionally, the Commission published a template to help providers in summarising the data used to train their models.
Our Law Offices are happy to assist you with further queries on AI law or other legal matters. Our Managing Partner, Professor Dimitrios Kyriazis, currently serves as a member of the EU’s AI Board Subgroup which has been set up to resolve issues arising from the interaction of the AI Act with other EU legislation, such as the GDPR. He has also served as Member of the Greek Ministry of Digital Governance Working Group for the protection of minors from internet addiction. Please feel free to email us at dkyriazis@kyriazislaw.com.
