High-Risk AI Systems and the Problem of Identity in the European AI Act
The EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AIA) establishes a lifecycle governance regime for high-risk AI systems built around ex-ante conformity assessment, post-market monitoring, and re-assessment upon "substantial modification." These obligations presuppose AI identity judgments: regulators and providers must decide when an updated system remains the same system over time. In this work, we show how this logic is clarified by the function+ framework of artifact identity, which individuates AI syste
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Published: 17 April 2026
Source: arXiv
Category: Research
Topics: Regulation
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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