RESOURCES
Free, practical resources to help your team understand and prepare for the EU AI Act. No fluff — article-mapped, actionable, downloadable.
FREE DOWNLOAD
20 essential verification points mapped to Articles 5, 6, 9-15, and 50. Print it, share it with your team, use it as a starting point.
PDF — A4
~3 pages
SECTOR GUIDES
Deep-dive guides covering AI Act implications for specific industries. Each guide maps relevant Annex III categories to real-world use cases in your sector.
Credit scoring, fraud detection, algorithmic trading — how Art. 6 and Annex III apply.
Diagnostic AI, clinical decision support, patient triage — safety component analysis.
CV screening, performance scoring, automated interviews — high-risk classification.
Social benefit allocation, law enforcement, border control — prohibited practices review.
WHITE PAPERS
In-depth analysis of key regulatory topics. Written for compliance teams, legal counsel, and technical leadership.
FREE INSTITUTIONAL RESOURCES
Before even considering a paid report, several free official resources exist. We think it’s honest to point you to them — and to explain where our work begins.
AI Act Service Desk — European Commission
Free European Commission service open to any company. Can confirm high-risk classification, clarify your provider vs deployer status, point you to relevant Guidelines. Response time: days to weeks depending on volume. No formal document or certification — indicative answers only.
ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.euConsolidated regulation text
Regulation 2024/1689 is fully public and free on EUR-Lex. 180 articles, 13 annexes, 144 pages. Direct reading is accessible to any internal legal team.
eur-lex.europa.euDigital Omnibus on AI (March 2026)
Pending legislative proposal that would postpone Annex III deadlines to December 2027 and Annex I safety component deadlines to August 2028. Parliament and Council adopted their negotiating positions in March 2026. Trilogues ongoing. Text not yet final. We track this file actively — our detailed analysis is public and updated.
Our full analysis →AI Act Explorer — Future of Life Institute
Free interface for navigating the regulation article by article with search and cross-referencing. Essential for any regulatory research.
artificialintelligenceact.euWhere our work begins
These free resources give you access to the text and general orientation. They don’t produce a dated, defensible, article-by-article artefact adapted to your specific system. They don’t map your answers to a traceable score. They don’t give you a document to send to a client, investor, or procurement team asking about your AI Act position. This is exactly where the €690 Sprinkling Act report comes in: a structured artefact you can show, not an opinion you have to translate.