Series 2: How To Determine Your Risk Category And What It Means To Be 'High-Risk'

The new EU Artificial Intelligence Act ("AI Act") is a risk-based framework, ranging from outright prohibitions on certain types of systems to light regulation of others. The AI Act sets out to define AI systems, their levels of risk according to use, and, importantly, the risk-calibrated degree of responsibility of each player in the chain. To this end, it classifies organizations into seven roles according to their function in the chain and assigns them appropriate responsibilities: provider, deployer, importer, distributor, operator, manufacturer, and affected person. The most significant roles in terms of regulatory obligations are those of deployers and providers.

• You are a deployer if you use an AI system for commercial purposes. You are required to guarantee that the AI systems you use do not present significant risk to fundamental rights or safety.