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Vertical Standardisation for High-Risk AI Systems under the EU AI Act: A Domain-Specific Framework for Algorithmic Hiring

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arXiv

arxiv.org/abs/2607.12588v1

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The authors propose a domain-specific framework for standardizing high-risk AI systems, particularly in recruitment, in compliance with the EU AI Act. The framework focuses on areas like risk management, data quality, transparency, human oversight, and accuracy. It also addresses issues like lifecycle discrimination risks, fairness-aware data governance, explainability, human oversight, and post-deployment monitoring in recruitment systems.

What the Document Says

  • The EU AI Act requires high-risk AI systems to adapt to specific areas such as risk management, data quality and governance, logging and traceability, technical documentation, transparency, human oversight, and accuracy.
  • There is currently no European standard on AI that covers the challenges of algorithmic hiring.
  • The authors propose a vertical, domain-specific framework for algorithmic hiring, focusing on ranking-based recruitment systems.

Key Concepts Mentioned

  • EU AI Act
  • High-risk AI systems
  • Algorithmic hiring
  • Standardization
  • Risk management
  • Data quality and governance
  • Logging and traceability
  • Technical documentation
  • Transparency
  • Human oversight
  • Accuracy

Claims Made by the Document

  • There is a need for standardization of high-risk AI systems in compliance with the EU AI Act.
  • The proposed framework focuses on specific challenges in algorithmic hiring.

Evidence Used

  • According to the recent European legislation
  • Unlike existing horizontal approaches to AI governance and standardisation, this paper contributes a vertical, domain-specific framework for algorithmic hiring

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According to the recent European legislation, high-risk AI systems will have to adapt in order to comply with requirements related to specific areas, like risk management, data quality and governance, logging and traceability, technical documentation, transparency, human oversight, and accuracy, as outlined in the European Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. As the standardisation process for AI is expected to remain iterative and, so far, there are no European standards on AI fully covering the challenges of algorithmic hiring, we propose specific standardisation-oriented recommendations related to the relevant AI areas specified by the European Commission. For each of these areas, we set the context by describing the requirements that AI systems in high-risk domains, and especially in recruitment, should fulfil, as well as the activities that should be carried out to ensure their appropriate use and desired performance, in line with the requirements deriving from the AI Act. Unlike existing horizontal approaches to AI governance and standardisation, this paper contributes a vertical, domain-specific framework for algorithmic hiring, and especially ranking-based recruitment systems, by mapping the requirements of the AI Act to concrete standardisation recommendations, focusing on lifecycle discrimination risks, fairness-aware data governance, explainability, human oversight, and post-deployment monitoring in recruitment systems. Even though our recommendations were informed by the outcomes of the European project FINDHR, they are not tied to the project's technical artefacts and could be implemented using alternative methods, tools, or governance mechanisms.