EU AI Act Readiness Assessment
Free Self-Evaluation for AI Compliance Teams
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) is now in force — and its obligations for high-risk AI systems took effect on August 2, 2026. Organizations that deploy AI in the EU, or whose AI systems affect people in the EU, must now classify their AI inventory, establish governance and AI literacy programs, complete Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments where required, staff human oversight, and meet transparency duties — with penalties reaching €15 million or 3% of global turnover for most violations.
This free self-assessment helps compliance, risk, and technology leaders benchmark their organization's EU AI Act readiness in about seven minutes. You'll answer 20 questions across five compliance domains — AI inventory and risk classification, governance and AI literacy (Article 4), data, documentation and FRIA (Articles 26–27), human oversight and incident response, and transparency and individual rights (Article 86) — and receive an instant readiness score with your two highest-priority gaps and the evidence regulators expect in each area.
ALIGNMT AI is the AI governance platform organizations use to operationalize regulatory readiness: AI inventory and classification, policy-to-control mapping, and continuous monitoring of deployed AI systems that keeps compliance evidence current between audits. Healthcare organization? See our Joint Commission RUAIH Readiness Assessment as well — the two frameworks share a governance backbone, and our platform maps controls to both.
What is the EU AI Act?
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) is the world's first comprehensive AI law. It classifies AI systems by risk — prohibited, high-risk, limited, and minimal — and attaches obligations to each tier, with the strictest duties on providers and deployers of high-risk systems. It applies to organizations inside and outside the EU whose AI systems are used in, or affect people in, the European Union.
When do EU AI Act obligations take effect?
The Act entered into force on August 1, 2024, and phases in: prohibitions and AI literacy duties applied from February 2, 2025; general-purpose AI obligations from August 2, 2025; most remaining provisions, including obligations for high-risk AI systems listed in Annex III, from August 2, 2026; and rules for high-risk AI embedded in regulated products (such as medical devices) from August 2, 2027.
Who counts as a "deployer" under the EU AI Act?
A deployer is any organization using an AI system under its authority in the course of business — for example, a company using an AI screening tool or a hospital using a clinical AI system. Deployers of high-risk AI must use systems per the provider's instructions, ensure human oversight by trained staff, control input data quality where they control the data, retain system logs, monitor operation, and report serious incidents. If you substantially modify a system or market it under your own name, you may take on provider obligations too.
What is a Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment (FRIA)?
Article 27 requires certain deployers of high-risk AI — including bodies governed by public law and private operators providing public services such as healthcare — to assess the system's potential impact on fundamental rights before first use: who is affected, what risks arise, what oversight and mitigation measures apply.
What are the penalties for non-compliance?
Up to €35 million or 7% of global annual turnover for prohibited-practice violations, and up to €15 million or 3% for most other violations, including breaches of high-risk obligations. National market surveillance authorities enforce the Act.
How do I prepare for EU AI Act compliance?
Start with a complete AI inventory and risk classification — every obligation depends on knowing which systems are high-risk and whether you are provider or deployer of each. Then establish accountable governance and AI literacy training, collect vendor conformity evidence, complete FRIAs where required, staff human oversight, and put continuous monitoring in place so compliance evidence stays current. The free assessment above shows where to start.
