Module 31 · Level V · Director

AI regulation: the EU AI Act and the UK approach

The EU AI Act and its timeline, the UK's principles-based approach, UK GDPR and the regulators: what applies to your organisation, and when.

6 lessons · about 1 hour

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What’s inside

  1. 01
    The global picture, and why the EU AI Act reaches UK firms

    Two regulatory models bind most UK enterprises, and the EU's follows your AI across the border. · 10 min

  2. 02
    Risk tiers and prohibited practices

    How the EU AI Act sorts AI into four tiers, what is banned outright, and where enterprise uses usually land. · 11 min

  3. 03
    The timeline after the Omnibus

    What has applied since 2025, what changed in July 2026, and the dates still ahead to 2028. · 9 min

  4. 04
    Provider or deployer, and where general-purpose AI fits

    Your obligations depend on your role, and the role can change without anyone noticing. · 11 min

  5. 05
    The UK approach: principles, regulators and UK GDPR

    No AI Act in the UK, but existing law and existing regulators already reach most enterprise AI. · 12 min

  6. 06
    A 90-day action plan for a director

    Inventory, classify, gap-analyse, govern and train: a practical sequence for your first quarter. · 12 min

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