What the EU AI Act checker does
Answer a few plain questions about your AI system and this tool classifies it into the EU AI Act's four risk tiers, prohibited, high-risk, limited-risk (transparency) or minimal-risk, then lists the obligations that apply in plain language. For limited-risk cases it also generates an AI-use disclosure statement you can adapt. It runs entirely in your browser and is designed for small businesses that don't have a compliance team.
Not legal advice. This is general educational information based on the EU AI Act. For compliance decisions, consult a qualified lawyer.
The four risk tiers
- Prohibited — banned uses such as social scoring, manipulative techniques, or untargeted facial scraping.
- High-risk — uses like recruitment/CV screening, credit scoring, education, biometrics and critical infrastructure, with the heaviest obligations.
- Limited-risk — chatbots, deepfakes and AI-generated content, which mainly require transparency (telling people).
- Minimal-risk — everything else, with no specific obligations.
Key dates
- Feb 2025: prohibited practices banned.
- Aug 2025: general-purpose AI model obligations begin.
- Aug 2026: most high-risk and transparency obligations apply.
- 2027: certain product-related high-risk rules apply.
How to use it
- Confirm scope — whether you operate in or affect the EU.
- Answer the practice questions — the tool picks the highest applicable risk tier.
- Read your obligations, and copy the disclosure statement if transparency applies.
Good to know
- Everything runs locally, nothing you enter is uploaded.
- If you provide a general-purpose AI model, the tool adds the separate GPAI obligations.
- Re-check whenever your AI use changes, the tier can change with it.