**Target:** Proposal for a regulation — Recital 6

## Text proposed by the Commission

(6) The notion of AI system should be clearly defined to ensure legal certainty, while providing the flexibility to accommodate future technological developments . The definition should be based on the key functional characteristics of the software , in particular the ability, for a given set of human-defined objectives, to generate outputs such as content, predictions, recommendations, or decisions which influence the environment with which the system interacts, be it in a physical or digital dimension . AI systems can be designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and be used on a stand-alone basis or as a component of a product, irrespective of whether the system is physically integrated into the product (embedded) or serve the functionality of the product without being integrated therein (non-embedded). The definition of AI system should be complemented by a list of specific techniques and approaches used for its development , which should be kept up-to–date in the light of market and technological developments through the adoption of delegated acts by the Commission to amend that list .

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## Amendment of the European Parliament

(6) The notion of AI system in this Regulation should be clearly defined and closely aligned with the work of international organisations working on artificial intelligence to ensure legal certainty , harmonization and wide acceptance , while providing the flexibility to accommodate the rapid technological developments in this field. Moreover, it should be based on key characteristics of artificial intelligence , such as its learning, reasoning or modelling capabilities, so as to distinguish it from simpler software systems or programming approaches . AI systems are designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy , meaning that they have at least some degree of independence of actions from human controls and of capabilities to operate without human intervention. The term ‘machine-based’ refers to the fact that AI systems run on machines. The reference to explicit or implicit objectives underscores that AI systems can operate according to explicit human-defined objectives or to implicit objectives. The objectives of the AI system may be different from the intended purpose of the AI system in a specific context. The reference to predictions includes content , which is considered in this Regulation a form of prediction as one of the possible outputs produced by an AI system. For the purposes of this Regulation, environments should be understood as the contexts in which the AI systems operate, whereas outputs generated by the AI system, meaning predictions, recommendations or decisions, respond to the objectives of the system, on the basis of inputs from said environment . Such output further influences said environment, even by merely introducing new information to it.

The notion of AI system should be clearly defined to ensure legal certainty, while providing the flexibility to accommodate future technological developments . The definition should be based on the key functional characteristics of the software , in particular the ability, for a given set of human-defined objectives, to generate outputs such as content, predictions, recommendations, or decisions which influence the environment with which the system interacts, be it in a physical or digital dimension . AI systems can be designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and be used on a stand-alone basis or as a component of a product, irrespective of whether the system is physically integrated into the product (embedded) or serve the functionality of the product without being integrated therein (non-embedded). The definition of AI system should be complemented by a list of specific techniques and approaches used for its development , which should be kept up-to–date in the light of market and technological developments through the adoption of delegated acts by the Commission to amend that list .

The notion of AI system in this Regulation should be clearly defined and closely aligned with the work of international organisations working on artificial intelligence to ensure legal certainty , harmonization and wide acceptance , while providing the flexibility to accommodate the rapid technological developments in this field. Moreover, it should be based on key characteristics of artificial intelligence , such as its learning, reasoning or modelling capabilities, so as to distinguish it from simpler software systems or programming approaches . AI systems are designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy , meaning that they have at least some degree of independence of actions from human controls and of capabilities to operate without human intervention. The term ‘machine-based’ refers to the fact that AI systems run on machines. The reference to explicit or implicit objectives underscores that AI systems can operate according to explicit human-defined objectives or to implicit objectives. The objectives of the AI system may be different from the intended purpose of the AI system in a specific context. The reference to predictions includes content , which is considered in this Regulation a form of prediction as one of the possible outputs produced by an AI system. For the purposes of this Regulation, environments should be understood as the contexts in which the AI systems operate, whereas outputs generated by the AI system, meaning predictions, recommendations or decisions, respond to the objectives of the system, on the basis of inputs from said environment . Such output further influences said environment, even by merely introducing new information to it.