A law with high-risk lists
EU AI Act
European Union
An external overview of the EU AI Act and its approach to different uses of AI.
Use this for orientation, and consult the original legal text to establish requirements.
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School tools, companions, homework, a child's inner life at 2 a.m. You are already in the story.
- The school is using an AI toolTutors, detectors, admissions, classroom software.
- A child is talking to a chatbotCompanions, character apps, late-night chats.
- Homework, honesty, and helpEssays, problem sets, the line between assistance and a substitute.
- An elder in the household is using a companion or a health appLoneliness, medication, memory, a device that speaks back.
For I am a parent or caregiver
The school is using an AI tool
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What decision about my child's learning or ranking is already being made by a system I cannot see?
3. Questions to bring
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Who decided this would be used, and can a family decline without the child being marked?
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What data about my child leaves the school, where does it sit, and for how long?
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Is this helping them learn, ranking them, or watching them? Those are different jobs.
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How is it checked for children who were not in the training set — disability, language, race?
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If it is wrong, who notices first, and what is the remedy?
Related concerns
Grading-AI errors and bias
Automated-grading error occurs when AI assigns an inaccurate or unfair score, including when language patterns influence the result more than the skill being assessed.
Special-education AI
Special-education AI risk arises when a tool intended to support a learner with a disability does not fit their needs or is used to replace necessary individualized support.
AI in admissions & placement
Admissions-and-placement AI risk occurs when automated assessments unfairly influence who enters an institution or which learning opportunities they receive.
Sources for this situation
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What has already happened
AI Incident Tracker
MIT × Responsible AI Collaborative
Reported AI incidents organized using MIT’s risk categories.
Use this to explore patterns across reported incidents.
How to manage, not only name
NIST AI Risk Management Framework
U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology
A voluntary framework for organizing work to identify, assess, and manage AI risks.
Use this when your organization needs a process for managing AI risk.