Chapter 1 General Provisions Flashcards
Q: What is the purpose of the EU AI Act?
A: The purpose is to improve the functioning of the internal market and promote the uptake of human-centric and trustworthy AI, while ensuring a high level of protection of health, safety, fundamental rights, democracy, the rule of law and environmental protection against the harmful effects of AI systems in the Union, and to support innovation.
Q: What does the EU AI Act lay down?
A: The Act lays down harmonised rules for the placing on the market, putting into service, and use of AI systems in the Union; prohibitions of certain AI practices; specific requirements for high-risk AI systems and obligations for operators; harmonised transparency rules for certain AI systems; harmonised rules for general-purpose AI models; rules on market monitoring, governance and enforcement; and measures to support innovation, with a focus on SMEs and start-ups.
Q: Who does the EU AI Act apply to?
A: It applies to providers placing AI systems on the market or putting them into service in the EU; deployers of AI systems located in the EU; providers and deployers located outside the EU where the AI system output is used in the EU; importers, distributors, product manufacturers placing an AI system with their product; authorised representatives of non-EU providers; and affected persons located in the EU.
Q: What areas are excluded from the scope of the EU AI Act?
A: The Act does not apply to areas outside Union law; AI systems used exclusively for military, defence or national security (with some exceptions); obligations of deployers using AI for purely personal non-professional activities; and AI systems or models developed solely for scientific R&D prior to being placed on the market.
Q: How does the EU AI Act relate to data protection laws?
A: Union law on data protection, privacy and confidentiality of communications applies to personal data processed in connection with this Regulation. The Act shall not affect GDPR, the Law Enforcement Directive, ePrivacy rules, etc. Testing in real-world conditions is not excluded from the Act.
Q: How does the EU AI Act define an ‘AI system’?
A: An ‘AI system’ is defined as a machine-based system designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy, that may exhibit adaptiveness, and that infers from input how to generate outputs such as predictions, recommendations, or decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments.
Q: What are some key definitions related to the supply of AI systems?
A: A ‘provider’ develops an AI system and places it on the market under its own name. A ‘deployer’ uses an AI system under its authority. An ‘importer’ places on the market an AI system with the name of a non-EU entity. A ‘distributor’ makes an AI system available on the market. Placing on the market is the first making available of an AI system on the Union market.
Q: What is a ‘general-purpose AI model’ under the Act?
A: A general-purpose AI model is an AI model, potentially trained on large amounts of data, that displays significant generality and competence on a wide range of tasks, and can be integrated into downstream systems and applications. Special harmonised rules apply to the placing on the market of such models.
