Risk ClassificationArticle 6Annex IAnnex III
High-Risk AI System
An AI system that poses significant risks to health, safety, or fundamental rights, as listed in Annex III (e.g. biometric systems, critical infrastructure management, educational assessment, employment tools, essential services, law enforcement, migration and border control, administration of justice) or embedded as a safety component in products covered by Annex I.
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- Prohibited AI PracticesAI systems and uses explicitly banned by Article 5, including AI that deploys subliminal or manipulative techniques, exploits vulnerabilities, performs…
- Limited Risk AIAI systems whose primary EU AI Act duties are Article 50 transparency obligations. Article 50 can also apply as an independent transparency layer beside…
- Minimal Risk AIAI systems that present negligible risk and are not subject to any mandatory requirements under the Regulation. The vast majority of AI applications…
- Social ScoringThe evaluation or classification of natural persons or groups of persons over a period of time based on their social behaviour or known, inferred, or…
- Subliminal TechniquesAI techniques that operate below the threshold of human consciousness or use manipulative methods that exploit psychological weaknesses or biases to…
- Biometric IdentificationThe automated recognition of humans based on their biometric data for the purpose of identifying a natural person by comparing biometric data of that…
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