What Is Biometric Categorisation?
Biometric Categorisation is an AI system that assigns people to categories on the basis of their biometric data — for example inferring characteristics or group membership from a face or voice.
Biometric Categorisation — an AI system that assigns people to categories on the basis of their biometric data — for example inferring characteristics or group membership from a face or voice.
The EU AI Act prohibits biometric categorisation that infers sensitive attributes such as race, political opinions, trade-union membership, religious beliefs, sex life, or sexual orientation. Other forms are permitted but carry transparency obligations, so people know when such a system is categorising them.
Source: EU AI Act, Article 5(1)(g) and Article 50
Plain-language explanation
The EU AI Act prohibits biometric categorisation that infers sensitive attributes such as race, political opinions, trade-union membership, religious beliefs, sex life, or sexual orientation. Other forms are permitted but carry transparency obligations, so people know when such a system is categorising them.
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