Article 14 Human Oversight Is a Design Problem, Not a Staffing One
Article 14 requires that humans can effectively oversee high-risk AI systems. Most 'human in the loop' implementations fail the effectiveness test.
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Practical guidance on EU AI Act compliance for businesses with customer-facing AI systems.
Small Mid-Cap Enterprises Get SME Treatment Under the Amended EU AI Act
The European Parliament's March 2026 vote extends SME flexibility — capped penalties and simplified documentation — to a new size category covering companies up to 750 employees. What the small mid-cap carve-out does and doesn't do.
Read more →Article 12 Logging Is a Build-Time Obligation, Not a Documentation One
Article 12 event logging cannot be satisfied by a policy document. Logs are a property of the running system — if the code does not emit them, no amount of paperwork puts them there.
Read more →Can EU AI Act Compliance Be Automated?
Compliance platforms promise end-to-end EU AI Act coverage. What they can actually automate, what remains human work, and why the difference matters when the regulator shows up.
Read more →EU AI Act Article 6(3): The High-Risk Exemption That Could Get You Fined
Article 6(3) lets some Annex III systems escape high-risk classification. The grey areas, the profiling carve-out, and why self-assessing your way out is riskier than it looks.
Read more →EU AI Act for US Startups: The Deployer vs Provider Trap
If your startup uses the OpenAI or Claude API to build a product, under EU law you're the AI provider, not OpenAI, not Anthropic. Here's what that means before August 2026.
Read more →EU AI Act High-Risk Deadline Delayed to December 2027
The European Parliament voted to push the high-risk AI system deadline from August 2026 to December 2027. Here's what changed, what didn't, and what it means for your compliance timeline.
Read more →Who Counts as a Deployer Under the EU AI Act?
Many businesses assume the EU AI Act only applies to AI developers. If you use a third-party AI tool that interacts with EU citizens, you're a deployer with real obligations.
Read more →EU AI Act Deadlines: What's Due and When After the Omnibus Delay
The EU AI Act rolls out in phases. After the Digital Omnibus delay, here's what's enforceable now, what's due in November 2026, and what moves to December 2027.
Read more →Your First AI System Inventory: A Practical Walkthrough
Step-by-step guide to mapping every AI system in your organisation, classifying risk tiers, and identifying compliance gaps before the August 2026 deadline.
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