Article 14 requires high-risk systems to be designed so they can be effectively overseen by natural persons during use. Oversight measures must enable a human to understand the system's capacities and limitations, detect anomalies and unexpected performance, avoid automation bias, correctly interpret outputs, and override or stop the system. For remote biometric identification under Annex III 1(a), no decision affecting a person may be taken without confirmation by at least two natural persons. Designing for oversight is harder than it sounds — it requires UI work, training, and clear escalation paths.
What you must do
- → Design the system UI so the human overseer can spot anomalies and override outputs.
- → Train deployer staff on the system's limitations and how to exercise oversight.
- → For biometric identification, build in the dual-confirmation requirement.
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Read Article 14 on EUR-LexSource: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (Artificial Intelligence Act). The only authentic version is the one published in the Official Journal of the European Union.