What changed in EU-level Art. 5, and who does it affect?

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EU-level AI Act — Art. 5: prohibition value changed upcoming → in force — since 2 Feb 2025

Eight categories of AI are banned outright in the EU — including social scoring, untargeted scraping of facial images to build recognition databases, emotion recognition in workplaces and schools, and systems that manipulate or exploit vulnerable people. Providers and deployers must not place these on the market or put them into use.

What changedupcoming → in force — since 2 Feb 2025
Who this affectsProvider, Deployer · risk tier: prohibited
Effective date2025-02-02
Official sourceView on eur-lex.europa.eu → (opens in a new tab)

Human-verified on 2026-07-23 · Jurisdiction: EU-level

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