The Ultimate EU AI Act Resource Guide

100 resources to master the AI Act | Edition #18

May 23, 2025

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The Ultimate EU AI Act Resource Guide: 100 resources to master the AI Act

AI governance professionals worldwide are working hard to figure out how to develop and implement compliance programmes which are aligned to the AI Act’s provisions.

To support this, I've compiled the 100 most important AI Act resources in one place.

Bookmark this as your handy guide which you can refer to whenever you need to read up on a specific aspect of the AI Act.

There are a wealth of resources which you can use to grasp the AI Act. However, they are scattered all over the internet in an unstructured way.

That is why I created The Ultimate EU AI Act Resource Guide; to make life easier for AI governance professionals. It covers:

✅ Full text of the EU AI Act
✅ Overview and explainer guides
✅ AI literacy
✅ Prohibited AI practices
✅ EU AI Act compliance
✅ Conformity assessments
✅ Fundamental rights
✅ General-purpose AI
✅ Open-source AI
✅ Governance and enforcement
✅ Standards
✅ AI Pact
✅ AI Continent Action Plan
✅ History
✅ Wider EU Laws

As always, I hope it helps and feedback is welcome!

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Full text of the EU AI Act

EU AI Act - full legal text in all EU languages.
The AI Act Explorer - interactive resource to navigate all chapters, annexes and recitals [Future of Life Institute].

Fundamental rights

Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments: What are they? How do they work? [Thomas Ajoodha and Jared Browne].
The EU AI Act: Between the rock of product safety and the hard place of fundamental rights [Marco Almada and Nicolas Petit].
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General-purpose AI

General-purpose AI models Q&A [European Commission].
GPAI Guidelines Consultation [EU AI Office].
General-purpose AI Code of Practice - first draft [EU AI Office].
General-purpose AI Code of Practice - second draft [EU AI Office].
General-purpose AI Code of Practice - third draft [EU AI Office].
Template for summary of training data (draft) - GPAI Code of Practice [EU AI Office].
Meet the Chairs leading the development of the first General-Purpose AI Code of Practice [EU AI Office].
Generative AI in EU law: Liability, privacy, intellectual property, and cybersecurity [Claudio Novelli et al.].
AI and copyright: The training of general-purpose AI [European Parliament Research Service].
Generative AI, copyright and the AI Act [João Pedro Quintais].

Open-source AI

Rethinking open source generative AI: open-washing and the EU AI Act [Andreas Liesenfeld and Mark Dingemanse].
What Open Source Developers Need to Know about the EU AI Act [The Linux Foundation].

Governance and enforcement

European AI Board - overview [European Commission].
European AI Office - overview [European Commission].
Commission Decision Establishing the European AI Office [European Commission].
The AI Act: Responsibilities of the European Commission (AI Office) [Future of Life Institute].
EU AI Act - Governance Architecture and Implementation Framework [Future of Privacy Forum].
Responsible authorities for the enforcement of the AI Act on national level - tracker of designated AI Act member state regulators [Laszlo Pok].
EU AI Act Stakeholder Map [IAPP].
A Robust Governance for the AI Act: AI Office, AI Board, Scientific Panel, and National Authorities [Claudio Novelli et al.].
Looking ahead: Synergies between the EU AI Office and UK AISI [University of Oxford].
European AI Board, meeting 1.
European AI Board, meeting 2.
European AI Board, meeting 3.

Standards

European Commission standardisation request implementing decision.
Harmonised Standards for the European AI Act - policy brief [European Commission].
CEN/CENELEC AI Standards - Overview.
AI Standards Work Programme [CEN/CENELEC].
Risk management logic of the AI Act and related standards [European Commission].
European AI Standards - Technical Standardization and Implementation Challenges under the EU AI Act [Robert Kilian et al.]

AI Pact

AI Pact - Organisation’s Commitments [EU AI Office].
AI Pact signatories [EU AI Office].

AI Continent Action Plan

The AI Continent Action Plan [European Commission].
AI Continent Action Plan - Q&A [European Commission].
AI Continent Action Plan - Fact Sheet [European Commission].
AI Continent Action Plan - webinar & slides [European Commission].

History

European Commission first proposal on the EU AI Act (April 2021).
The AI Act: The long journey towards the final legal text - all official documents from 2015 and 2024 [Kai Zenner].
Historic Documents on the AI Act [Future of Life Institute].

Wider EU Laws

The EU AI Act: the web of regulatory intersections [IAPP].
General Data Protection Regulation, (EU) 2016/679.
Product Liability Directive, Directive (EU) 2024/2853.
Digital Services Act, (EU) 2022/2065.
Algorithmic discrimination under the AI Act and
the GDPR [European Parliament Research Service].

EU Product Safety Laws listed in Annex I of the EU AI Act

Machinery Directive, 2006/42/EC.
Directive on the Safety of Toys, Directive 2009/48/EC.
Medical Devices Regulation, (EU) 2017/745.
In Vitro Medical Devices Regulation, (EU) 2017/746.
Regulation on type-approval requirements for motor vehicles and their trailers, (EU) 2019/2144.
Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of systems, components and separate technical units intended for such vehicles, (EU) 2018/858.
Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles, (EU) No 168/2013.
Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of agricultural and forestry vehicles, (EU) No 167/2013.
Regulation on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, (EU) 2018/1139.
Regulation on common rules in the field of civil aviation security, (EC) No 300/2008.
Marine Equipment Directive, 2014/90/EU.
Directive on the interoperability of the rail system within the European Union, (EU) 2016/797.
Regulation on appliances burning gaseous fuels, (EU) 2016/426.
Regulation on personal protective equipment, (EU) 2016/425.
Regulation on cableway installations, (EU) 2016/424.
Directive on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of pressure equipment, 2014/68/EU.
Directive on recreational craft and personal watercraft, 2013/53/EU.
Directive on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to lifts and safety components for lifts, 2014/33/EU.
Directive on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to equipment and protective systems intended for use in potentially explosive atmospheres, 2014/34/EU.
Directive on the harmonisation of the laws of the Member States relating to the making available on the market of radio equipment, 2014/53/EU.