Hungary’s Act LXXV of 2025, adopted to implement the European Union Artificial Intelligence Regulation, entered into force on 1 December 2025. The Act designates a national market surveillance authority with powers to inspect, investigate, and enforce compliance with the EU AI Act for high-risk AI systems. It establishes the Hungarian Artificial Intelligence Council as an advisory body to support national AI strategy, coordinate cross-government AI activity, issue recommendations, and monitor AI applications in the public sector. The Act sets up regulatory sandboxes, which are to be fully operational by August 2026, and creates special procedural rules for administrative cases involving AI.
Who it affects: AI developers, deployers, and importers operating in Hungary are directly subject to market surveillance authority oversight. The Hungarian Artificial Intelligence Council affects policy across all sectors by shaping national strategy recommendations. Operators of high-risk AI systems face the primary compliance burden.
What is notably missing: Act LXXV creates governance and market surveillance for AI systems but contains no AI literacy or training obligations for workers, students, or citizens. The Hungarian Artificial Intelligence Council is advisory only: it has no decision-making powers and cannot compel training or education provision. There is no requirement in the Act for employers to train employees in AI use or ethics, and no enforcement mechanism for training failures. The Act addresses the regulatory side of AI deployment, not the knowledge side of the AI divide.