•Why it earns a slot
Anyone building or buying AI in Europe operates inside this document, and almost nobody has read past the press release.
The first broad AI law sorts systems by risk: a few uses banned outright, high-risk uses carry heavy obligations, and general-purpose models owe transparency. It phases in through 2027, and fines reach 7% of global revenue.
This distillation is written from the freely available original, which is always the better read when you have the time: eur-lex.europa.eu.