Is Your AI App High-Risk? A Simple EU AI Act Guide for Developers

If you're building an AI wrapper, a chatbot, or integrating LLMs into your SaaS right now, you've probably heard about the EU AI Act . It's the world's first comprehensive AI regulation. And yes, it applies to you even if your servers are in the US but your users are in the EU. The problem? Most developers and indie hackers have no idea where their product falls under this law . We're used to writing code, not reading 300-page legal documents . But getting this wrong can become an expensive mistake. So here's a simple, developer-friendly breakdown of how to classify your AI product. 🔺 The Risk Pyramid: Where Do You Belong? The EU AI Act doesn't care about how your AI works . It doesn't matter if you're using: GPT-4 Claude Llama a custom model What the law actually cares about is the use case . In other words: What is your AI being used for? The Act divides AI systems into four categories . 🚫 Prohibited AI (Banned) These systems are outright illegal. Examples include: social scoring sys