Exclusion
A situation Article 2 removes from the Act's scope, including exclusively military, defense, or national-security use (2(3)), sole-purpose scientific research and development (2(6)), pre-market research and development (2(8)), purely personal non-professional use (2(10)), and free and open-source systems (2(12), carved back for high-risk uses and Articles 5 and 50). Each is narrow and bounded by a limiting word.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 3 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP).
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
A situation Article 2 removes from the Act's scope, including exclusively military, defense, or national-security use (2(3)), sole-purpose scientific research and development (2(6)), pre-market research and development (2(8)), purely personal non-professional use (2(10)), and free and open-source systems (2(12), carved back for high-risk uses and Articles 5 and 50). Each is narrow and bounded by a limiting word.
A part of the potential subject matter that an artifact explicitly states it does not cover. A named exclusion is a controlled limitation; an unnamed one is a finding waiting to be made.
Contract language that removes a category of loss from what a policy will pay. Exclusions are where insurers do their sharpest risk thinking, and reading them backward reveals what the insurer believes about the risk.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first module of every program is free with a free account.
- The two gates: is it an AI system, and does the Act apply to your organization at all · The EU AI Act: The Executive Map, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- Insuring the risk: what AI liability coverage exists, what it excludes, and what that tells you · The Money: Budgets, ROI, and Risk, Certified AI Governance Professional (CAIGP)
- Your portfolio, and what an artifact has to earn · Your First Week in Governance, Risk and Compliance, Certified Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance Professional (CEGP)
Where it shows up at work
A definition is where Exclusion starts. The lessons above teach it inside the competencies below, which are what job descriptions ask for and what the GAGE credential records. Every link here is drawn from the same careers map that builds a role's readiness check.
Reviews purpose, data, affected people, accuracy, bias, security, oversight, vendors and law for a use case, scores likelihood and impact, and documents residual risk.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Designs decision rights, committees, intake, approval tiers and escalation so routine uses move and consequential uses get reviewed.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Decides where AI should be used, where it should not, and which use cases create measurable value, tied to the organization's priorities.
One lesson on this page teach it as a primary outcome.
Roles that hire for it
Each role page shows the full competency set, what the seat decides, and a readiness check against your own evidence.
- Chief AI Officerneeds it at depth
- AI Governance Managerneeds it at depth
- Chief Risk Officer, AI risk editionneeds it at depth
- Responsible AI Leadneeds it at depth · 7 open postings this week
- Autonomous Systems Governance Lead, robotics and physical AI editionneeds it at depth
- Chief Privacy Officer, AI privacy editionneeds it at depth
How job descriptions say it
Postings rarely use the textbook word. These are the phrases the careers map reads as asking for the competencies above.
Where the frameworks place it: NIST AI RMF MAP and MEASURE; ISO/IEC 42005; EU AI Act Article 27; NIST AI RMF GOVERN.
One interview question about it
Take me through an AI risk and impact assessment you would run for a hiring tool. What do you assess, and who signs?
Asked of candidates for ai risk and impact assessment. Answering it in your own words is exactly how a GAGE topic is passed, and the credential records the pass where an employer can check it.
If you come from another field
Some backgrounds already carry this competency, and the readiness check gives credit for it.
- Privacy and data protection carries it as work you can show: A DPIA is an impact assessment; the AI version adds accuracy, bias and oversight.
- A business, MBA or technology management degree carries it as a claim to back up: Strategy and opportunity triage are the core of the degree.
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.