To Be High-Risk, or Not To Be—Semantic Specifications and Implications of the AI Act’s High-Risk AI Applications and Harmonised Standards

The EU’s proposed AI Act sets out a risk-based regulatory framework to govern the potential harms emanating from use of AI systems. Within the AI Act’s hierarchy of risks, the AI systems that are likely to incur “high-risk” to health, safety, and fundamental rights are subject to the majority of …