AI Act
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Table of Contents
Chapter I – General provisions
Chapter II – Prohibited AI practices
Chapter III – High-risk AI systems
Chapter IV – Transparency obligations for providers and deployers of certain AI systems
Chapter V – General-purpose AI models
Chapter VI – Measures in support of innovation
Chapter VII – Governance
Chapter VIII – EU database for high-risk AI systems
Chapter IX – Post-market monitoring, information sharing and market surveillance
Chapter X – Codes of conduct and guidelines
Chapter XI – Delegation of power and committee procedure
Chapter XII – Penalties
Chapter XIII – Final provisions
Recitals (180)
Annexes
1. High-risk AI systems shall technically allow for the automatic recording of events (logs) over the lifetime of the system.
2. In order to ensure a level of traceability of the functioning of a high-risk AI system that is appropriate to the intended purpose of the system, logging capabilities shall enable the recording of events relevant for:
(a) identifying situations that may result in the high-risk AI system presenting a risk within the meaning of Article 79(1) or in a substantial modification;
(b) facilitating the post-market monitoring referred to in Article 72; and
(c) monitoring the operation of high-risk AI systems referred to in Article 26(5).
3. For high-risk AI systems referred to in point 1 (a), of Annex III, the logging capabilities shall provide, at a minimum:
(a) recording of the period of each use of the system (start date and time and end date and time of each use);
(b) the reference database against which input data has been checked by the system;
(c) the input data for which the search has led to a match;
(d) the identification of the natural persons involved in the verification of the results, as referred to in Article 14(5).
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