Creative AI✓ Generally Minimal Risk3/10

Stability AI

Open-source and commercial AI image generation models (Stable Diffusion) and platform. Creates AI-generated images from text prompts. Article 50 labeling applies when AI-generated images depicting persons are distributed publicly.

✓ EU AI Act Risk Classification

Indicative classification: Generally Minimal Risk

Legal reference: Minimal risk (internal); Article 50 synthetic image labeling for public distribution

Important: This is an indicative assessment based on typical deployment patterns. Your actual risk classification depends on your specific use case, configuration, and context. Register in Aeqora to get a precise classification using the EU AI Act decision tree.

Your obligations as a Deployer

→Label AI-generated images as synthetic when publicly distributed and depicting realistic persons
→Review Article 50(4) deepfake obligations for realistic human depictions
→No mandatory obligations for internal design or prototyping use

How this score was derived

Methodology →

Scores 3/10: AI image generation with Article 50 labeling obligations for publicly distributed synthetic content. Score of 3 rather than 2 reflects the open-source nature — diverse use cases across many deployers, some of which may generate realistic human depictions triggering Article 50(4). No EU compliance documentation published.

Provider EU AI Act documentation

Stability AI has not yet published dedicated EU AI Act compliance documentation. Contact them directly to request instructions of use and ask about their compliance roadmap.

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Aeqora. "Stability AI — EU AI Act Risk Assessment." Aeqora Vendor AI Risk Index. Verified 2026-06-14. https://aeqora.eu/vendors/stability-ai

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