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Is Your AI System In Scope?

Answer 5 questions. Get your likely EU AI Act risk classification instantly.

Page updated: 8 October 2026. Takes approximately 2 minutes · No account required · Educational only · Once you close your browser, all of your responses will be lost, we do not store or sync your responses on our servers.

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Is Your AI System In Scope? FAQ

What does Is Your AI System In Scope? help me check?
Is Your AI System In Scope? helps you structure an initial EU AI Act readiness check for this use case. Treat the result as an internal working record for compliance, legal, privacy, security, or procurement review, not as a final legal determination.
Does this tool store my answers?
The tool is designed for browser-based use. Do not paste confidential, personal, regulated, client-sensitive, privileged, or production data into any free public tool.
What evidence should I retain after using this tool?
Retain the generated result, reviewer name, review date, AI system or vendor name, assumptions used, and any decisions that require legal, privacy, procurement, or security follow-up.

Source basis

Source basis: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689; European Commission AI Act resources and Service Desk timeline; and official European Commission, European Parliament, and Council Digital Omnibus communications where relevant.

Article 5(1)(c) scope reviewed: 5 October 2026. This correction covers social scoring by public and private actors and both detrimental-treatment alternatives. Source: the statutory text reproduced by the European Commission AI Act Service Desk, Article 5(1)(c). Its explanatory summary is non-binding. Other provisions retain their existing source-review dates; this is not a whole-page legal revalidation.

Use note: This page is educational only and is not legal advice, a conformity assessment, or a compliance guarantee.