CLAIM-2026-10-13-06

AI Act Article 5(1)(a) prohibits AI systems deploying subliminal, purposefully manipulative or deceptive techniques with the objective or effect of materially distorting behaviour by appreciably impairing informed decision-making, causing a decision the person would not otherwise have taken, in a manner that causes or is reasonably likely to cause significant harm. In force since 2 February 2025.

Why it matters

This is the article that actually names deception, and its conditions are cumulative. An agent calling an impossible ticket feasible impairs a decision without clearing the significant-harm threshold.

Sources

• euaiactexpl2026prohibite