What Is Serious Incident Reporting?
Serious Incident Reporting is the obligation on providers of high-risk AI to report serious incidents and malfunctions to the relevant authorities.
Serious Incident Reporting — the obligation on providers of high-risk AI to report serious incidents and malfunctions to the relevant authorities.
Under EU AI Act Article 73, providers of high-risk AI systems must report serious incidents — including those that lead to death, serious harm to health, or significant damage to fundamental rights, property, or the environment — to market surveillance authorities within set timeframes. It mirrors incident-reporting regimes in aviation and medical devices and turns post-deployment monitoring into a concrete duty.
Source: EU AI Act, Article 73
Plain-language explanation
Under EU AI Act Article 73, providers of high-risk AI systems must report serious incidents — including those that lead to death, serious harm to health, or significant damage to fundamental rights, property, or the environment — to market surveillance authorities within set timeframes. It mirrors incident-reporting regimes in aviation and medical devices and turns post-deployment monitoring into a concrete duty.
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