The European Commission's latest draft guidelines provide much-needed clarity on how organizations should classify high-risk AI systems under Article 6 of the EU AI Law. However, they also raise an important question for businesses: is it possible that your existing AI systems could be considered a major risk without you realizing it?
The answer may depend on more than what technology does.
Under the EU AI Law, the intended purpose of the AI system plays an important role in determining risk classification. This means that how a program is written, marketed, implemented, and implemented can be as important as its technical capabilities.
Article 6 outlines two ways in which an AI system may be classified as high-risk. This includes AI used in certain regulated products and AI used in critical use cases that could seriously affect people's health, safety, or fundamental rights.
For business teams, this raises several immediate questions:
Which AI systems across the organization fall within article 6?
Does the current documentation accurately reflect how each system is used?
Can the Article 6(3) exemption apply, and what evidence would be required?
What should the legal, governance, and technical teams be doing now?
Aiaria's popular webinar, EU AI Regulation: What It Really Needs and What Companies Should Do Now, breaks down the new guidance and turns it into an actionable decision framework.
The session covers two approaches to classifying high-risk populations, the limitations of the Article 6(3) self-assessment method, and steps businesses can take to assess their AI systems with more confidence.
Access the on-demand webinar to understand what the latest guidance means for your AI management system and what your organization should do next.
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