AI Briefing — European Commission publishes AI Act proposal
The European Commission unveiled its draft Artificial Intelligence Act on 21 April 2021, introducing risk-based obligations, prohibited practices, and conformity requirements for high-risk AI systems.
The Commission released the AI Act proposal on 21 April 2021, banning certain AI uses (such as social scoring), creating strict conformity assessments for high-risk systems, and mandating transparency for limited-risk applications. The draft also assigns enforcement roles to national market surveillance authorities and outlines penalties aligned with GDPR-scale fines.
Product, compliance, and data science teams should inventory AI use cases against the risk tiers, prepare documentation for training data and human oversight, and monitor Parliament and Council amendments that could tighten obligations.
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