EU AI Act Enforcement Begins With First High-Risk System Audits
What Happened
The European Commission confirmed enforcement of high-risk system provisions under the AI Act, with initial audits targeting AI hiring tools, credit scoring systems, and education assessment platforms operating in the EU. Companies face documentation, bias testing, and human oversight requirements. Non-compliance carries fines up to 7% of global revenue.
My Take
US companies treating EU AI Act compliance as a "European problem" will discover what GDPR taught the slow learners — extraterritorial reach is real, and the cheapest path is global compliance. The 7% revenue cap dwarfs GDPR's 4%, which signals Brussels is serious. Expect a wave of consulting offers and bias-audit-as-a-service vendors. The strategic move: pick the strictest jurisdiction you operate in and design for that, rather than maintaining regional variants that will inevitably drift.
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