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Map of the AI Act

Face comparison at the border gate: verification or identification

The map shows what hangs off this object: who carries the duty, what it calls for, what it is evidenced by and what it rests on. Click an object and it becomes the new centre.

On a small screen the map reads as a path rather than as a network.

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Face comparison at the border gate: verification or identification

An automated border gate uses biometric facial recognition to compare a traveller’s face with the photo in the passport chip. The same camera could technically also compare against a law-enforcement database, and exactly that difference decides whether this biometrics is high-risk.

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Read at 2 Aug 2026. What did not yet apply on that date is not shown here. The transparency duties of article 50 apply, and the Commission can enforce against GPAI providers.