Which of the following is an example of a high-risk application under the EU AI Act?
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A government-run social scoring tool.
Most accepted answer: C. A government-run social scoring tool.
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Selected Answer: C Under the EU AI Act, high‑risk systems include those that can significantly affect people’s rights, access to services, or life opportunities. A government‑run social scoring tool is explicitly listed as unacceptable or high‑risk, because it: evaluates individuals’ behaviour or characteristics affects access to public services or benefits creates systemic discrimination risks has severe societal impact This is the clearest example of a high‑risk application. upvoted 1 times
Selected Answer: A Correct answer should be A: A resume scanning tool that ranks applicants. Source:EU AI Act, Annex III: High-Risk AI Systems Referred to in Article 6(2) -https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/annex/3/ 4. Employment, workers management and access to self-employment: (a) AI systems intended to be used for the recruitment or selection of natural persons, in particular to place targeted job advertisements, to analyze and filter job applications, and to evaluate candidates. Answer C: A government-run social scoring tool - This is an example of a PROHIBITED AI PRACTICE Source: https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/article/5/ 1. The following AI practices shall be prohibited: (c)(...) use of AI systems for the evaluation or classification of natural persons or groups of persons over a certain period of time based on their social behaviour or known, inferred or predicted personal or personality characteristics, with the social score (...). Also: Recital 31: https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/recital/31/ (...) such unacceptable scoring practices and leading to such detrimental or unfavourable outcomes should therefore be prohibited. upvoted 3 times