{
 "record_id": "WTA-R-EU-0001-003",
 "kind": "obligation",
 "record": {
  "record_id": "WTA-R-EU-0001-003",
  "provision": "Article 5(1)(b)",
  "applies_to": [
   "Providers",
   "Deployers"
  ],
  "duty": "Do not place on the market, put into service or use AI that exploits vulnerabilities due to age, disability or social or economic situation to materially distort behaviour in a way that causes, or is likely to cause, significant harm.",
  "type": "Prohibited uses",
  "status": "applies now",
  "applies_from": "2025-02-02",
  "url": "https://wheresthe.ai/id/WTA-R-EU-0001-003/",
  "rule": {
   "record_id": "WTA-R-EU-0001",
   "id": "eu-ai-act-2024-1689",
   "title": "Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act)",
   "jurisdiction": "EU",
   "jurisdiction_name": "European Union",
   "url": "https://wheresthe.ai/rule/eu-ai-act-2024-1689/"
  },
  "penalty": "Up to EUR 35m or 7% of total worldwide annual turnover, whichever is higher (Art. 99(3)); for SMEs, whichever is lower (Art. 99(6)).",
  "scope_note": "Applies whether the distortion is the objective or the effect of the system.",
  "date_note": "Applies from 2 Feb 2025 (Art. 113(a): Chapters I and II). The Digital Omnibus on AI (Reg. (EU) 2026/1744) did not change this date.",
  "source_url": "https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj#art_5",
  "verified_on": "2026-10-08",
  "citation": "WTA-R-EU-0001-003: Article 5(1)(b), Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act). wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/id/WTA-R-EU-0001-003/ (checked 2026-10-08)."
 },
 "history": [
  {
   "date": "2026-10-08",
   "id": "WTA-R-EU-0001-003",
   "change": "changed",
   "field": "duty",
   "from": "Do not place on the market, put into service or use AI that exploits vulnerabilities due to age, disability or social or economic situation to materially distort behaviour, causing or likely causing significant harm.",
   "to": "Do not place on the market, put into service or use AI that exploits vulnerabilities due to age, disability or social or economic situation to materially distort behaviour in a way that causes, or is likely to cause, significant harm."
  }
 ],
 "note": "Informational, not legal advice. Every record links to its official source; check it before relying on a record. Cite as \"Source: wheresthe.ai\"."
}