Definition
Plain language
Europe's law setting rules for how artificial intelligence can be built and used.
As stated in the literature
EU regulation establishing risk-tiered obligations for AI systems; Article 15 covers accuracy, robustness, and cybersecurity requirements for high-risk systems.
Also called: European Union's AI Act, AI Act, Article 15
Why it matters: It turns abstract concerns about AI reliability into legal requirements that determine what can be sold and deployed in a large market.
For example, a company deploying an AI system to screen job applicants in Europe faces documentation and accuracy obligations that a simple chatbot recommending recipes does not.
Heard on the show
“That assumption appears in the European Union’s AI Act, specifically Article 15.”Episode 251 — When a Fake Dashboard Makes an AI Agent Just as Confident