CompliQuest

Course Overview

EU legislation prohibits the use of specific AI systems that pose unacceptable risks. If your organization currently uses prohibited AI systems, you must stop using them or adapt them to be compliant.

This education is primarily designed for users to know which AI systems they can't use in their daily work, and also for developers to understand which AI systems they can't build or implement.

Instead of complex legal language, you will receive concrete and understandable examples that explain what is prohibited and why. You will learn to recognize problematic systems in everyday work and receive clear guidelines for safe use of AI technologies.

The goal is to transform legal requirements into practical knowledge you can immediately apply in your business operations.

Who Is This For?

This training is designed for professionals across various industries who are involved in the use, development, implementation, or governance of AI within their organizations. It is highly recommended for the following groups:

1. Executives and Decision-Makers – Leaders responsible for defining AI strategies, ensuring compliance, and managing risks associated with AI deployment.
2. Compliance Officers & Legal Professionals – Experts in regulatory compliance who must ensure that AI systems meet legal and ethical requirements.
3. Data Protection Officers (DPOs) – Professionals responsible for overseeing data privacy and ensuring that AI adheres to regulations such as the GDPR.
4. IT and Cybersecurity Specialists – Experts involved in securing AI systems from cyber threats and ensuring data integrity.
5. AI Developers & Data Scientists – Professionals designing AI models who need to understand risk mitigation strategies and ethical AI development.
6. Marketing and Customer Experience Teams – Teams leveraging AI for targeted advertising and consumer insights while ensuring ethical data use.
7. HR and Recruitment Specialists – HR professionals using AI for recruitment, performance evaluations, and talent management while preventing bias.
8. Law Enforcement and Public Sector Professionals – Authorities involved in AI applications for public safety, surveillance, and biometric recognition, ensuring AI use aligns with human rights and privacy laws.
9. Users of AI systems – employees who use AI tools within companies and need to recognize prohibited systems and alert responsible persons to potential non-compliance.
    

Modules

• Course overview – gain a high-level introduction to the categories of AI systems explicitly prohibited by the EU AI Act. Learn what these systems are, why they’re banned and how to identify them in real-world business contexts.
• Harmful manipulation: subliminal techniques – Understand how certain AI systems influence user behaviour without conscious awareness – through flashing images, hidden audio messages or fast changing visuals to affect emotions or decisions. You’ll learn how to spot these hidden techniques in AI systems, understand why they’re considered illegal and take steps to stay compliant.
• Harmful manipulation: purposefully manipulative and deceptive techniques – This module covers two dangerous types of AI behaviour that are banned under the EU AI Act: purposeful manipulation and deception. In this module, participants will learn how to avoid harmful design practices and choose systems that are ethical, transparent and legal.
• Harmful exploitation of vulnerabilities – Discover how some AI systems can unfairly target people who are more vulnerable, like children, older adults or users under financial stress. By the end of this module, participants will know how to recognize and avoid unethical or illegal AI practices that prey on vulnerable individuals
• Social scoring – Gain an insight into social scoring, a practice where AI gives people a score based on behaviour or personal traits – and then uses that score to make decisions in completely different areas. You’ll learn how to recognize when social scoring crosses the line, avoid systems that create hidden bias or discrimination and build fair, transparent AI tools that meet legal standards
• Individual risk assessment and prediction of criminal offences – This module focuses on AI systems that try to predict if someone will commit a crime based on profiling or behaviour analysis – and that is illegal under the EU AI Act. Participants will learn to spot AI systems that wrongly predict criminal behaviour, understand the ethical and legal implications behind these systems and stay compliant by setting clear boundaries on risk-based analytics.
• Untargeted scraping of facial images – Explore how AI systems collect and use facial images without consent and why this is a serious issue under the EU AI Act. You’ll learn how to identify when facial data is collected or used illegally and manage biometric data responsibly to reduce the risk of violating the EU AI Act.
• Emotion recognition – This section will cover AI systems that try to detect emotions by analysing things such as facial expressions, tone of voice, or body language. Although these tools may seem helpful, they often rely on unreliable data and can lead to bias or misjudgment. That’s why the EU AI Act prohibits them unless there's a specific legal reason. By the end of this session, you’ll know how to handle these systems responsibly and avoid non-compliant use.
• Real-time remote biometric identification systems for law enforcement purposes – This module explores real-time facial recognition in public spaces, one of the most restricted uses of AI under the EU AI Act. In this session, you’ll learn to tell the difference between legal and illegal use, understand when exceptions apply, and ensure your systems follow proper safeguards and documentation.
• What should businesses consider when using AI systems - This module covers the key considerations businesses need to keep in mind when implementing AI. Explore legal compliance, risk assessment, ethical considerations, and security measures to ensure AI systems operate responsibly and transparently.