Trying to apply the EU AI Act to a real product (and why it’s harder than it looks)

I didn’t expect to spend this much time thinking about the EU AI Act. It started with a pretty innocent question. We’re building a product that uses AI, and at some point I figured I should probably check if this whole regulation thing applies to us. I assumed I’d skim a couple of articles, maybe read a summary, and move on with my life. That didn’t happen. At first, everything looks very clean. You’ve got categories, definitions, risk levels… it almost feels reassuring. Like someone has...