Worked Examples
See how the EU AI Act applies to real-world AI systems
Customer Service Chatbot
Limited RiskA text-based chatbot that answers customer questions about products and services. Uses a large language model for natural language understanding.
AI-Powered Hiring Screener
High-RiskAn automated system that screens job applications, ranks candidates based on resume analysis, and recommends candidates for interviews.
Autonomous Vehicle Perception System
High-RiskAn AI system that processes camera, lidar, and radar data to detect objects, pedestrians, and road features for an autonomous vehicle.
Government Social Scoring System
ProhibitedA system used by a public authority that evaluates citizens' trustworthiness based on social behaviour, assigning scores that affect access to public services.
Large Language Model (Foundation Model)
GPAIA general-purpose AI model with 70 billion parameters, trained on large-scale internet data. Designed to be integrated into downstream applications by third-party providers.
Frontier AI Model with Systemic Risk
GPAI with Systemic RiskA state-of-the-art general-purpose AI model trained with over 10^26 FLOPs of compute, capable of generating text, code, and reasoning across domains. Made available via API to millions of users worldwide.
Open-Source Language Model
GPAIA 7-billion parameter language model released under the Apache 2.0 licence with publicly available model weights, training methodology, and evaluation results.
Email Spam Filter
Minimal RiskA machine learning system that classifies incoming emails as spam or legitimate. Operates entirely server-side with no direct user interaction.
AI Video Generation Tool
Limited RiskA consumer-facing application that generates realistic synthetic video content from text prompts, capable of producing AI-generated content depicting real or fictional persons.
AI Credit Scoring System
High-RiskAn AI system used by a bank to evaluate the creditworthiness of natural persons applying for consumer loans, using alternative data sources including transaction history and behavioural signals.