
Artificial Intelligence: Get the “high-risk AI” category right, or Europe will have to import the AI it could have built
The promise of the AI Act is to help artificial intelligence develop in Europe while ensuring a trusted and safe ecosystem. The AI Act’s risk based approach keeps that promise alive by regulating only the riskiest uses. The Commission has drafted its Guidelines on Article 6 of the AI Act, defining which AI systems count as “high-risk”. No label in the AI Act carries more weight. The moment a system earns it, the heaviest obligations follow: conformity assessments, registration, data governance obligations and reams of documentation. So the line has to sit in the right place.

