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Risk

Risk is the combination of the probability of harm occurring and the severity of that harm. It is the unit of measurement underpinning the entire regulation, from prohibited practices to the Article 9 risk management system.

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Identifier: praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-risico
Payload hash (sha256): 367cbb58e793aeabc5e16e675d752f5d1d4e20ec3f1a1e7f088983c7f5a9d467

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Praxikon, "Risk", praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-risico@1.0.0, dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0), effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-14T00:00:00.000Z, sha256 367cbb58e793aeabc5e16e675d752f5d1d4e20ec3f1a1e7f088983c7f5a9d467

Version: 1.0.0
Legal time (effective_at): 8 August 2026
Knowledge time (known_at): 8 August 2026
Closed on: Not closed
Application date: 1 August 2024
Topics: definitions

Review status: Placed against the official source (8 August 2026). Next check due by 4 February 2027. The check date is the knowledge date of this version; no later recheck has been recorded.

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Source
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- EU Artificial Intelligence Act 2024/1689
  Locator: Article 3(2)
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689
  Open official source
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Consequence
- ActorDeployer
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:deployer
- ActorProvider of an AI system
  praxikon:eu:ai-act:actor:provider

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Article 3(2) defines risk as the combination of the probability of an occurrence of harm and the severity of that harm.
- Locator: Article 3(2)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

Our interpretation

Our own reading. It can change without the law changing, and it is not the position of a supervisory authority.

This definition looks trivial but decides who is right in a dispute. Many organisations assess AI risk as the chance of a technical failure, whereas the regulation looks at harm to people's health, safety and fundamental rights. A model that rarely fails but that, when it does, wrongly excludes someone from a job or a benefit scores high in AI Act terms, not low. Without separately substantiating probability and severity, you have an opinion rather than a risk assessment.
- Locator: Article 3(2)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

Recommended step

A practical step we consider appropriate. Not an obligation following from the Regulation.

For each AI application, record in your register what harm you foresee, to whom, how likely you consider it, how severe the consequence is, and the source of that estimate. Use one fixed scale for probability and severity across all applications so scores are comparable and you can show the classification was not ad hoc.
- Locator: Article 3(2)praxikon:eu:ai-act:source:reg-eu-2024-1689Open official source

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Reference

Praxikon, "Risk",
praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-risico@1.0.0,
dataset praxikon:sys:registry:dataset:ai-act-implementation-graph 2.1.0 (schema 1.4.0),
effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z, known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z,
sha256 367cbb58e793aeabc5e16e675d752f5d1d4e20ec3f1a1e7f088983c7f5a9d467,
https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-risico
(https://www.praxikon.com/api/v1/entities?id=praxikon%3Aeu%3Aai-act%3Adefinition%3Adefinitie-risico&effective_at=2026-08-08&known_at=2026-08-08&lang=en, accessed 2026-08-23)

Short form

praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-risico@1.0.0 (sha256 367cbb58)

BibTeX

@misc{praxikon-eu-ai-act-definition-definitie-risico-1-0-0,
  author       = {{Praxikon}},
  title        = {Risk},
  year         = {2026},
  version      = {1.0.0},
  number       = {praxikon:eu:ai-act:definition:definitie-risico},
  howpublished = {AI Act Change \& Evidence Graph, dataset 2.1.0, schema 1.4.0},
  note         = {effective_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; known_at 2026-08-08T00:00:00.000Z; sha256 367cbb58e793aeabc5e16e675d752f5d1d4e20ec3f1a1e7f088983c7f5a9d467},
  url          = {https://www.praxikon.com/en/verkenner/definition/definitie-risico},
  urldate      = {2026-08-23},
  language     = {en}
}

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