High-Risk AI System
Under the EU AI Act: a system in a listed sensitive use case, permitted but subject to the strictest obligations.
High-risk covers AI used as a safety component of a regulated product, plus the Annex III list: biometrics, critical infrastructure, education, employment, essential services, law enforcement, migration, and justice. High-risk is not banned; it is regulated. Obligations include risk management, data governance, technical documentation, logging, human oversight, accuracy and robustness, and conformity assessment.
In practice: Software that scores job applicants or grades exams sits in Annex III.
Plain-English summary. The binding text is Regulation (EU) 2024/1689.