Rules and rights
Europe’s rules in plain language, without the legal jargon.
The chapter at a glance
What is the AI being used for?
What risk, and which obligations?
Banned practicesSpecial requirements for certain high-risk systemsTransparency in certain casesOther obligations and general laws
In this chapter
- 1What does the EU’s AI Act set out?The EU AI Act regulates certain AI systems and models according to their risks and the role of the provider or user.
- 2Does AI content have to be labelled?In the EU, transparency rules apply to certain AI content and interactions. They are not the same for every case.
- 3AI and GDPR: who is responsible for the data?Data-protection rules still apply when an organisation uses AI.
- 4AI and copyright: which questions are still open?With AI, we distinguish between using material for training, rights to the inputs and rights to what is produced.
- 5Who is responsible when AI makes a mistake?Responsibility is a legal and organisational question, not a property of the model.