multilingual-e5-base EU AI Act Compliance Profile
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Your risk depends on how you use multilingual-e5-base
| Usage Context | Risk Level | Obligations |
|---|---|---|
| Internal coding tool | MINIMAL | 3 obligations (~12h) |
| Customer support bot | LIMITED | 7 obligations (~32h) |
| HR screening / hiring | HIGH | 19 obligations (~120h) |
| Credit decisions | HIGH | 19 obligations (~120h) |
| Medical triage | HIGH | 19 obligations (~120h) |
Why this tool is classified as LIMITED RISK
multilingual-e5-base is a sentence similarity model by intfloat. Built with sentence-transformers. Supports multilingual, af, am, ar, as. Licensed under mit. 2.5 million downloads on HuggingFace.
Applicable Articles
Who does what
intfloat (provider)Their job
- Provider obligations being compiled
You (deployer)Your job
- •AI Literacy (Art. 4) (Art. 4)
- •AI Disclosure (Art. 50) (Art. 50)
Risk Assessment Reasoning
The multilingual-e5-base model is a sentence-transformer that processes language data but does not pose significant risks to fundamental rights or safety. Its applications are primarily in natural language processing, which typically falls under a limited risk category.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is multilingual-e5-base's EU AI Act risk classification?
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multilingual-e5-base is classified as LIMITED RISK under the EU AI Act.
What are my obligations if I deploy multilingual-e5-base?
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As a multilingual-e5-base deployer, you have 2 base obligations (~12 hours estimated effort). Key articles: Art. 4, Art. 50.
What is multilingual-e5-base?
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multilingual-e5-base is a Sentence Similarity model by intfloat. It has 2.5M downloads on HuggingFace. Licensed under mit.
What are the EU AI Act deadlines for multilingual-e5-base?
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Already passed: AI Literacy (Art. 4) — 2025-02-02. Already passed: AI Disclosure (Art. 50) — 2025-08-02.
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