New Prohibited AI Practices under Article 5 of the AI Act: NCII and CSAM in Focus
Article 5 of the EU AI Act establishes prohibited AI practices, with new attention focused on non-consensual intimate imagery and child sexual abuse material as specific categories of harm the rules are designed to address.
Why this matters: This is where the AI Act stops being abstract. Banning AI tools that generate NCII or CSAM is not a close call — but the details matter. Which systems are covered, who enforces it, and what happens when a company breaks the rule are the questions that separate a real prohibition from a policy statement. Victims of these harms have been waiting for hard legal lines, not guidelines. Whether Article 5 actually delivers that depends on how regulators use it.
Who should care: AI governance · Lawyers · Administrators · General readers · Policy
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