Fundamental Rights Impact Assessments under the EU AI Act—who, what and how?

Table of contents

• Who needs to conduct the FRIA?
• i) Deployers that are bodies governed by public law
• ii) Private operators providing public services
• iii) Deployers of high-risk systems referred to in points 5(b) and (c) of Annex III
• How to conduct FRIAs?
• The challenges of implementation
• Existing best practices
• Conclusion

Article summary

EU Law analysis: Heidi Waem, Jeanne Dauzier and Muhammed Demircan, partners and associates at DLA Piper respectively consider the Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment (FRIA) imposed by the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act) upon deployers and operators of high-risk AI systems.