AI-Act A practical guide The new AI act will have significant consequences for civil society
and the economy. The text will enter into force in the summer of 2024 the first provisions
will apply just six months later. The aim of the European legislator was to provide better
protection against the dangers of AI while at the same time promoting innovation. In parallel
to the beginning implementation of the AI Act the practical guide tries to elaborate and asses
the regulation systemically. It provides legal users with an initial but reliable orientation
when using the technology. In addition to the basics in the AI regulation itself
practice-relevant areas are classified in the annexes on high-risk AI systems. The use cases
range from biometric identification of natural persons to questions of education as well as
labor law to the use in the judiciary related to law enforcement and administration of justice.
Special attention is paid to the comprehensible communication of the complex technical
interrelationships in the use of artificial intelligence. In addition the questions of the
relationship to the other digital and data law of the EU above all the GDPR which arise in
business practice are assessed. This becomes particularly relevant for example in the case
of transparency requirements technical data protection and risk assessment. Finally the work
addresses practice-relevant liability issues and presents enforcement by the supervisory
regime. At a glance: - Classification of concrete use cases in regulation by the AI
Regulation. - AI Regulation in distinction to the GDPR (e.g. transparency requirements
technical data protection and risk assessment). - Mediation of technical contexts in the
implementation of legal obligations - Liability for AI - Checklists for the use of AI in the
company Professor Dr. Rolf Schwartmann is head of the Cologne Research Center for Media Law
at the Cologne University of Technology and chairman of the Society for Data Protection and
Data Security as well as editor and author of numerous specialist publications on data
protection and digital law. Professor Dr. Tobias Keber is the State Commissioner for Data
Protection and Freedom of Information in Baden-Württemberg and previously conducted research on
Artificial Intelligence at the Stuttgart Media University. Kai Zenner is Head of Office for MEP
Axel Voss EPP rapporteur for the AI Regulation and has been intensively involved in the
negotiations for the adoption of the law. Besides he is One AI Member (OECD) and advises the
High Level Advisory Body on AI (HLAB AI) of the United Nations. In June 2023 he received the
MEP Award for best Accredited Parliamentary Assistant for his work and dedication in the
European Parliament.
