Show Notes
In this episode of Digital & AI Decoded, Denis Jastrzebski speaks with Alan Thornton, founder of ai-compliance.app, about what the EU AI Act means for businesses now and what organisations should be putting in place as its requirements continue to take effect. They cover the Act's risk-based approach, AI literacy, transparency, shadow AI, human oversight and why businesses need to understand which AI systems are already being used across their organisation. You’ll also hear practical steps for creating an AI inventory, maintaining evidence, developing tool-agnostic policies and using the EU AI Act Compliance Checker as a starting point. View the full episode page and resources -- Let’s work together to grow your organisation We help organisations and businesses improve communication, build capability and achieve measurable results through digital marketing, AI, content, campaigns and websites. Work with Content Plan
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