Trustworthy AI

A software engineer's practical guide to the EU AI Act, covering the risk-based approach, provider versus deployer roles, the updated compliance timeline (including the July 2026 AI Omnibus amendments), prohibited practices, AI literacy, transparency obligations, and engineering safeguards such as access controls, evaluation sets, and human oversight. It argues that prompt instructions are not a compliance control and that responsibility must be built into architecture, code review, and release processes.