AI Glossary

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10^25 FLOP Threshold

A threshold of computing power used for training beyond which a GPAI model is presumed to pose systemic risk and becomes subject to the strictest obligations.

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Accuracy of an AI System

The ability of a system to achieve correct and expected results in accordance with its intended purpose.

Act on Market Surveillance of Products (No. 87/2023 Coll.)

A Czech regulation referenced by the draft Czech AI Act in the exercise of market surveillance; for supervisory purposes, an AI system is considered a product.

Adaptation Act

A national piece of legislation that supplements a directly applicable EU regulation with the rules the regulation leaves to the member states, such as designating supervisory authorities, procedural rules and penalties.

Administrative Offense in the Field of AI

A breach of the obligations laid down by the AI Act or national legislation.

Adversarial Attack

Manipulating the inputs to an AI system in order to induce an erroneous or undesirable output.

Advisory Forum

A body composed of stakeholder representatives that provides the AI Office and the AI Board with expert and practical input.

Agent Audit

A systematic review of an AI agent's activity, decisions and compliance with the rules, usually based on records of its actions.

Agent Authentication

Verifying the identity of an AI agent before granting it access to systems, data or tools.

Agent Framework

A software structure providing the tools and building blocks for developing and deploying AI agents.

Agent Governance

A set of rules, policies and controls governing the deployment, behavior and accountability of AI agents.

Agent Loop

A repeated cycle in which an AI agent plans, calls tools, evaluates the results and continues until it has met the given goal.

Agent Memory

The mechanism by which an agent retains information from previous interactions and uses it in subsequent steps or tasks.

Agent Monitoring

Ongoing observation of an AI agent's activity, outputs and behavior for the purposes of oversight and the early detection of problems.

Agent Orchestration

The coordination of multiple cooperating agents or tools so that they jointly solve a complex task.

Agent Registry

A record of deployed AI agents containing their identity, permissions and defined tasks.

Agent Security

Measures protecting AI agents against misuse, unauthorized access and attacks, as well as preventing harmful conduct by the agent itself.

Agentic AI

An advanced approach to AI in which the system autonomously decides how to proceed, uses tools and evaluates the results.

Agentic Workflow

A workflow in which autonomous AI agents independently plan and carry out a sequence of steps to achieve a given goal with minimal human intervention.

AI Acceptance Criteria

Predefined conditions that an AI system must meet in order to be approved for deployment.

AI Accountability

The principle of clearly assigning responsibility for the decisions, outputs and impacts of AI systems.

AI Act Compliance

The set of measures ensuring that the use of AI complies with the requirements of the AI Act.

AI Agent

AI-based software capable of independently planning steps and carrying out tasks aimed at achieving a set goal.

AI Agent Sandboxing

Running an agent in an isolated environment with limited permissions, so that any errors or misuse do not cause harm beyond the defined space.

AI and Consumer Law

The intersection of the use of AI and consumer protection, covering for example the transparency of automated recommendations, the prohibition of misleading practices and liability for damage caused to consumers.

AI API

A programming interface providing access to artificial intelligence functionality from other applications.

AI Assistant

Software using AI to support the completion of work or personal tasks through natural communication with the user.

AI Audit

An independent review of an AI system in terms of regulatory compliance, data quality, risks and impacts on the persons concerned.

AI Cognitive Architecture

The way an AI system is internally organized - how it connects perception, memory, reasoning, and action - in order to solve more complex tasks in a coordinated manner.

AI Content Detection

Tools and methods that attempt to identify whether a text, image or video was created by artificial intelligence; their reliability is limited and variable.