AI Act e trattamento di dati personali di natura particolare

The article analyses the European Union Regulation 2024/1689 on artificial intelligence, with particular attention to the fundamental choices and methods adopted by the European legislator in establishing a «harmonised » legal framework, both in terms of substantive provisions and with regard to the regulatory apparatus designed to ensure the functioning of the complex organisational system of protection introduced by the Regulation. The author further provides an in-depth examination of the key legal definitions of «AI system» and risk, with a particular focus on the potential graduations of «high risk» and «unacceptable» high risk.