The AI Act and The Agile Safety Plan

This open access book aims to provide the reader with some basic insight into the AI Act (REGULATION (EU) 2024/1689) and its relevance for the development of high-risk AI systems. It covers all aspects relevant in a safety plan that should serve as the foundation for developing future safety cases for AI safety systems. The topics include e.g. the system definition; hardware, software and its lifecycles; stakeholders and organizations; tools, programming languages, and existing software to be integrated; documentation and work products; procurement and subcontracting; and human aspects.

The book aims at experts and stakeholders involved in developing high risk systems, both manufacturers and operators. It is also written for everyone having an interest in how the AI Act impacts technology development processes generally. As such, especially start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) will find this book useful.

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access Provides basic insight into the EU's AI Act and its relevance for the development of high-risk systems Covers all aspects relevant in a safety plan, thus serving as the foundation for developing AI safety systems Aims at experts and stakeholders involved in developing high risk systems, especially in start-ups and SMEs

Autorentext

Thor Myklebust is a Senior Research Scientist at SINTEF Digital. He has extensive experience as a research leader and project manager at both the national and international level and is considered a leading safety expert with 30 years of experience in industry, certification, and research.

Tor Stålhane has been working with software safety for 40 years. As a professor, he taught software engineering at NTNU and has been cooperating with SINTEF on research and consultancy related to agility and software safety for 20 years.

Dorthea Mathilde Kristin Vatn works as a Research Scientist at SINTEF Digital. With her background from psychology, human factors and information systems, her research is directed towards questions concerning how interactions between people and technology relate to both safety and cybersecurity, as well as other business outcomes.

Inhalt

1. Introduction to the Book.- 2. The Agile Safety Plan.- 3. Definition of the System, Operational Design Domain, and Concept of Operation.- 4. Hardware/Chip.- 5. Software and Data.- 6. Artificial Intelligence (AI).- 7. Stakeholders and Organizations.- 8. Compliance with Regulations, AI and Functional Safety Standards.- 9. Planning Tests, Analysis, Scenarios, Verification, Validation, and Regression.- 10. Software and AI Lifecycles.- 11. Tools, Programming Languages, and Pre-existing Software.- 12. Hazards and Risks.- 13. Requirements.- 14. System Design Plan.- 15. Documentation, Information, and Work Products.- 16. Human Aspects.- 17. Level of Automation and Autonomy.- 18. A Process to Prepare Safety Cases.- 19. Procurement and Subcontractors.