What Is EU AI Act Annex III?
EU AI Act Annex III is the schedule to the EU AI Act that lists the eight specific high-risk AI use cases subject to the Act's most extensive compliance obligations.
EU AI Act Annex III — the schedule to the EU AI Act that lists the eight specific high-risk AI use cases subject to the Act's most extensive compliance obligations.
Annex III contains the eight high-risk AI domains: biometric identification and categorisation; critical infrastructure management; education and vocational training; employment and worker management; access to essential private services and public services and benefits; law enforcement; migration, asylum, and border control; administration of justice and democratic processes. AI systems in these domains used in ways that meaningfully affect individuals are high-risk by classification — regardless of the operator's intent. Annex III can be updated by the Commission via delegated act.
Source: EU AI Act, Article 6(2) and Annex III
Plain-language explanation
Annex III contains the eight high-risk AI domains: biometric identification and categorisation; critical infrastructure management; education and vocational training; employment and worker management; access to essential private services and public services and benefits; law enforcement; migration, asylum, and border control; administration of justice and democratic processes. AI systems in these domains used in ways that meaningfully affect individuals are high-risk by classification — regardless of the operator's intent. Annex III can be updated by the Commission via delegated act.
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