Core ConceptsArticle 3(1)
AI System
A machine-based system designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may exhibit adaptiveness after deployment, and that, for explicit or implicit objectives, infers, from the input it receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments.
Related terms
- Risk-Based ApproachThe overarching regulatory framework of the EU AI Act that categorises AI systems by the level of risk they pose — prohibited, high-risk, limited-risk,…
- Placing on MarketThe first making available of an AI system or a general-purpose AI model on the Union market, in the course of a commercial activity, whether for payment…
- Putting into ServiceThe supply of an AI system for first use directly to the deployer or for own use on the Union market for its intended purpose.
- Intended PurposeThe use for which an AI system is intended by the provider, including the specific context and conditions of use, as specified in the instructions for…
- Reasonably Foreseeable MisuseThe use of an AI system in a way that is not in accordance with its intended purpose, but that may result from reasonably foreseeable human behaviour or…
- Safety ComponentA component of a product or of a system that fulfils a safety function for that product or system, or the failure or malfunctioning of which endangers the…
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