multilingual-e5-small EU AI Act Compliance Profile
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Your risk depends on how you use multilingual-e5-small
| 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-small is a sentence similarity model by intfloat. Built with sentence-transformers. Supports multilingual, af, am, ar, as. Licensed under mit. 3.9 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-small model is designed for natural language processing tasks and does not pose significant risks to fundamental rights or safety. However, it may require compliance with transparency and data governance obligations due to its potential use in various applications.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is multilingual-e5-small's EU AI Act risk classification?
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multilingual-e5-small is classified as LIMITED RISK under the EU AI Act.
What are my obligations if I deploy multilingual-e5-small?
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As a multilingual-e5-small deployer, you have 2 base obligations (~12 hours estimated effort). Key articles: Art. 4, Art. 50.
What is multilingual-e5-small?
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multilingual-e5-small is a Sentence Similarity model by intfloat. It has 3.9M downloads on HuggingFace. Licensed under mit.
What are the EU AI Act deadlines for multilingual-e5-small?
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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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