The European Commission’s latest draft guidelines provide much-needed clarity on how organizations should classify high-risk AI systems under Article 6 of the EU AI Act. However, it also raises important questions for businesses. Existing AI systems may already be considered high risk without even realizing it.
The answer may not just be about what the technology does.
Under EU AI law, the original purpose of an AI system plays a central role in determining risk classification. This means that how a system is documented, marketed, implemented and used is as important as its technical capabilities.
Article 6 outlines two routes by which AI systems may be classified as high risk. These include AI used within certain regulated products and AI deployed in sensitive use cases that can have a significant impact on people’s health, safety, or fundamental rights.
For enterprise teams, this raises some immediate questions:
Which AI systems across my organization fall within the scope of Article 6?
Does the current documentation accurately reflect how each system is used?
Is the Article 6(3) exemption likely to apply and what evidence is required?
What should legal, governance, and technology teams do now?
Airia’s on-demand webinar “EU AI Law: What it actually takes and what businesses should do now” dissects the new guidance and turns it into a practical decision-making framework.
This session will discuss the two routes to high-risk classification, the limitations of the Article 6(3) self-assessment mechanism, and the steps companies can take to assess their AI systems with more confidence.
Access our on-demand webinar to understand what the latest guidance means for your AI governance program and what your organization should do next.
EU AI Law Webinar – Airia
