The European Commission’s latest draft guidance provides much-needed clarity on how organizations should classify high-risk AI systems under Art. 6 of the EU Artificial Intelligence Act. But they also raise an vital question for enterprises: Can existing AI systems already be considered high risk, even if you don’t realize it?
The answer may depend on more than just the capabilities of the technology.
Under the EU Artificial Intelligence Act, the intended purpose of an AI system plays a key role in determining its risk classification. This means that how a system is documented, promoted, implemented and used can be as vital as its technical capabilities.
In art. 6 shows two possibilities of classifying an artificial intelligence system as a high-risk system. These include artificial intelligence used in certain regulated products and artificial intelligence deployed in sensitive utilize cases that may significantly impact people’s health, safety or fundamental rights.
For enterprise teams, this raises several immediate questions:
Which artificial intelligence systems throughout the organization fall within the scope of Art. 6?
Does current documentation accurately reflect how each system is used?
Could the exemption from Art. 6 section 3 and what evidence would be required?
What should legal, management and technology teams be doing now?
Airia’s on-demand webinar titled The EU Artificial Intelligence Act: What It Really Requires and What Businesses Need to Do Now discusses the fresh guidance and turns it into a practical decision-making framework.
The session covers two paths leading to high risk classification, limitations of the self-assessment mechanism set out in Art. 6 section 3 and steps enterprises can take to evaluate their AI systems with greater confidence.
Access the on-demand webinar to learn what the latest guidance means for your AI management program and what your organization should do next.
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