Webinar recording: Making Sense of the AI Act

In this webinar, Tudor Galos, AI Governance and Data Protection Consultant, explains how the AI Act affects companies and shares practical steps to prepare for AI governance and compliance, from building AI literacy to maintaining inventories and conducting risk assessments.

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• 01:55 – Who the AI Act applies to (and why even “hidden” AI use counts)
• 04:06 – What are the key steps for complying with the Act?
• 09:48 – What documentation must companies maintain to assess and demonstrate compliance?
• 16:48 – If I download and run an open-source LLM locally, am I a provider or deployer?
• 19:04 – What are the biggest implementation challenges you’ve seen in practice?
• 28:10 – How does the EU AI Act overlap with GDPR and other regulations?
• 34:00 – Who takes ownership of the AI Act in organisations - DPO, CPO, IT, or others?
• 36:03 – What are the main differences between a DPIA and a Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment?
• 44:41 – When GDPR and AI Act requirements overlap, which takes precedence?
• 51:25 – For AI-as-a-service solutions, what are the inventory and compliance obligations of providers vs. deployers?
• 54:46 – During regulatory inspections, what format should the AI inventory be in, and how quickly must it be produced?
• 59:36 – Are there minimum retention periods for AI system inventory records?