Automated decision tool
System that makes or significantly influences consequential decisions.
Definitions (2)
An automated decision tool is defined as a system designed to make or significantly influence consequential decisions—those that materially affect an individual's rights, opportunities, or access to services. The definition targets systems whose outputs directly determine or heavily sway government actions impacting citizens, triggering heightened policy scrutiny under the Act.
An automated decision tool is defined as a system or service that leverages artificial intelligence and has been specifically designed, marketed, or modified to either make consequential decisions or serve as a primary controlling factor in such decisions.
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