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What the EU AI Act requires from AI agent APIs

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Human Oversight (Art. 14)
High-risk AI systems must allow effective human oversight, including the ability to interrupt or override the system.
Required by law
Transparency & Disclosure (Art. 13)
AI systems must be transparent enough for users to interpret outputs and make informed decisions.
Required by law
Risk Classification
AI systems must be classified by risk level. Agent APIs handling financial, legal, or healthcare data are likely high-risk.
Required by law
Technical Documentation
Detailed documentation of system capabilities, limitations, and intended purpose must be maintained.
Required by law
Security Headers & CORS
Proper security headers protect against attacks. CORS policies control cross-origin access to your API.
Best practice
Rate Limiting
Prevent abuse and ensure fair access. Required for any production AI system handling user requests.
Best practice
Privacy & GDPR Signals
Privacy policy, data processing terms, and GDPR-compliant data handling indicators.
Best practice
Agent Identity (agent.json)
Machine-readable agent identity for trust and discovery. Emerging standard for AI agent commerce.
Recommended
MCP Server Compliance
Model Context Protocol server checks — transport security, capability declarations, tool schemas.
Recommended
x402 Payment Metadata
Payment and trust disclosure via .well-known/x402.json for agent-to-agent commerce.
Recommended

EU AI Act timeline

August 1, 2024
EU AI Act enters into force
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 published in Official Journal.
February 2, 2025
Prohibited AI practices banned
Social scoring, real-time biometric surveillance, and manipulative AI systems prohibited.
August 2, 2026
Full enforcement begins
All high-risk AI obligations apply. Transparency violations (Article 50): fines up to €7.5M or 1% of global turnover. High-risk violations: up to €15M / 3%.
August 2, 2027
General-purpose AI obligations
GPAI model providers must comply with transparency and copyright obligations.

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