Title page
Contents
Foreword 2
Acknowledgements 3
Abstract 6
Résumé 7
1. Executive summary 8
2. Background and purpose 9
3. Actual vs. potential harm as the starting point 10
4. Actual harm: AI incidents, serious AI incidents and AI disasters 11
Draft definition of an AI incident 11
Draft definition of a serious AI incident 12
Draft definition of an AI disaster 12
5. Potential harm: AI hazards and serious AI hazards 13
Draft definition of an AI hazard 13
Draft definition of a serious AI hazard 14
6. Conclusion and next steps 15
Annex A. Dimensions of harm 16
Types of harm 17
Annex B. Serious AI incident definition in the proposed EU AI Act 18
References 19
Table 1. Illustrative dimensions of harm 16
Figure 1. Proposed classification for AI incidents and hazards based on severity of harm 10