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Governance, Risk, Audit & Privacy · Advanced

High-Risk AI System

EU AI Act category of AI systems subject to strict requirements due to significant risk to health, safety, or fundamental rights.

Definition

High-risk systems are either safety components of regulated products (Annex I) or used in Annex III areas such as biometrics, critical infrastructure, education, employment, access to essential services like credit and insurance, law enforcement, migration, and administration of justice. Providers must implement risk management, data governance, technical documentation, logging, transparency, human oversight, accuracy, robustness and cybersecurity, a quality management system, conformity assessment, CE marking, and registration.

Example

An AI tool that ranks job applicants is high-risk under Annex III employment.

Exam tip

An Annex III system may escape high-risk status if it performs only a narrow procedural task and does not profile individuals.

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