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High-Risk AI System

What is High-Risk AI System?

Under the EU AI Act, an AI system that poses significant risks to health, safety, or fundamental rights. High-risk AI systems are subject to mandatory requirements including risk management, data governance, transparency, human oversight, and accuracy.

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Each of these is named in at least one of the same controls as high-risk ai system. The number is how many controls name both.

What the standards actually require on high-risk ai system

Requirements naming high-risk ai system across 6 standards, quoted from the control text.

EU AI Act32 controls

The Commission, in collaboration with the Member States, shall set up and maintain an EU database for high-risk AI systems listed in Annex III;

EUAI-Art.71 · EU database for high-risk AI systems

A high-risk AI system is one that, when deployed, makes or is a substantial factor in making a consequential decision: a decision with a material legal/similarly significant effect on a consumer's access to or terms of education, employment, financial/lending...

CO-AIA-1701-HIGHRISK · High-Risk AI System and Consequential Decision Scope

Article 4(3) provides that for claims involving non-high-risk AI systems the 4(1) causal-link presumption applies only where the national court considers it excessively difficult for the claimant to prove the causal link.

AILD-Art.4.3 · Conditions for the presumption (non-high-risk AI systems, Article 4(3))

High-risk AI. Article 17 designates the categories of high-risk AI systems (e.g. critical infrastructure, education, employment, essential services, justice, biometrics) subject to enhanced governance.

BRAI-A17 · High-risk AI systems

Perform an annual audit of deployed high-risk AI systems to detect algorithmic discrimination, document findings, and implement remediation.

VT-AICDA-8 · Annual Algorithmic Discrimination Audit

Article 11 derogates from the General Product Safety Regulation (GPSR, (EU) 2023/988) for products covered by the CRA on the cybersecurity dimension (CRA takes precedence).

CRA-Art.11_12 · Relationship with general product safety and AI Act (Articles 11-12)

Questions people ask about high-risk ai system

What is High-Risk AI System?
Under the EU AI Act, an AI system that poses significant risks to health, safety, or fundamental rights. High-risk AI systems are subject to mandatory requirements including risk management, data governance, transparency, human oversight, and accuracy.
Why is High-Risk AI System important for compliance?
High-Risk AI System is a key concept in AI & Technology. Understanding high-risk ai system helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 686 frameworks with 311K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address High-Risk AI System?
High-Risk AI System appears in the requirement text of EU AI Act, Colorado Artificial Intelligence Act (proposed SB 24-205), EU AI Liability Directive, Brazil AI Framework, Vermont Artificial Intelligence and Consumer Data Act (AICDA). Across these standards we have identified 55 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about High-Risk AI System?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how high-risk ai system applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 686 frameworks.

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Written and maintained by Gerard Blokdyk, The Art of Service.