The AI Act does not ban AI. It forces companies to manage it.
For an SME, the most important task is not memorizing the whole regulation. It is knowing where AI is used, for what purpose, with which data, and under whose responsibility.
Checked on 25 May 2026 against the latest information from the European Commission, the AI Act Service Desk, and the Council of the EU.
Management minimum checklist
Map usage
List the AI tools and agents in use, their purpose, users, data and decision authority.
Identify risk areas
Check whether AI use touches HR, biometrics, critical infrastructure, education or other higher-risk areas.
Keep evidence
Define human review points and store instructions, logs and changes for later audit.
How Aigen helps
We build AI agents so that purpose, tool permissions, limits, logging, and approval are part of the implementation from the start.
That makes deployment faster and less like guesswork as regulation tightens.
Sources
European Commission AI Act page: digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu. AI Act Service Desk timeline: ai-act-service-desk.ec.europa.eu. Council of the EU press release from 7 May 2026 on the political agreement: consilium.europa.eu. This content is a general technical and business summary, not legal advice.