Under the EU AI Act, a biometric categorization system used by law enforcement to classify individuals by political opinion would be classified as which risk tier?
Select an answer to reveal the explanation.
Short Explanation
Here's the deal — the EU AI Act bans biometric categorization by law enforcement when it's used to deduce sensitive traits like political opinion. You're looking at a prohibited practice, not a high-risk system you can deploy after conformity assessment.
Full Explanation
The correct classification is the prohibited practice, banned outright regardless of safeguards, because the EU AI Act explicitly prohibits AI systems that classify individuals based on biometric data to deduce sensitive characteristics such as political opinions when used by law enforcement. This falls under prohibited practices in Article 5. It is not simply the high-risk, requiring conformity assessment before deployment option; it is outright banned. The limited risk, subject only to transparency obligations option and the minimal risk with no specific regulatory requirements option do not apply to biometric political classification.