What Is Limited-Risk AI?
Limited-Risk AI is AI systems that are neither prohibited nor high-risk under the EU AI Act but that interact with people or generate content, and are therefore subject mainly to the transparency obligations in Article 50.
Limited-Risk AI — AI systems that are neither prohibited nor high-risk under the EU AI Act but that interact with people or generate content, and are therefore subject mainly to the transparency obligations in Article 50.
"Limited risk" is the common shorthand for the Act's transparency tier. Providers and deployers must tell people when they are interacting with an AI system (such as a chatbot), when content is AI-generated or manipulated (deepfakes), and when emotion-recognition or biometric-categorisation is in use. The duty is disclosure, rather than the full high-risk control set.
Source: EU AI Act, Article 50
Plain-language explanation
"Limited risk" is the common shorthand for the Act's transparency tier. Providers and deployers must tell people when they are interacting with an AI system (such as a chatbot), when content is AI-generated or manipulated (deepfakes), and when emotion-recognition or biometric-categorisation is in use. The duty is disclosure, rather than the full high-risk control set.
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