EU AI Act Risk Categories: The 4 Levels Explained
The EU AI Act does not treat every AI system the same way. It uses a risk-based design, so the obligations on a spam filter look nothing like the obligations on a CV-screening tool or a credit-scoring model.
That single decision, which risk category your system falls into, drives almost everything else: the controls you owe, the documentation you keep, and the size of the fine if you get it wrong.