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Widespread infringement

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Under AI Act Article 3(61), an act or omission contrary to Union law protecting individuals' interests that harms, or is likely to harm, the collective interests of individuals across several Member States. It shortens the Article 73 serious-incident deadline to two days 1.

Developed in
ch. 17, Incident, hazard, issue and serious incident
Chapters
ch. 17, Incidents
Contrast with
Serious incident
Source
1 numbered reference, listed below

Where it is used

4 chapters of the Body of Knowledge use the term. Each link opens the first section that does.

Widespread infringement: mentions per chapter6 mentions of the term across 4 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter08 Regulatory Map: 1 mention08 Regulatory Map113 Risk Management: 1 mention13 Risk Management117 Incidents: 3 mentions17 Incidents318 EU AI Act: 1 mention18 EU AI Act1No mentions in the other 19 chaptersSource: the Body of Knowledgev0.5.0
Widespread infringement: mentions per chapter6 mentions of the term across 4 of the 23 chapters of the Body of Knowledge; the chapters the glossary cross-references are drawn solid.Cross-referenced chapterOther chapter000102030405060708 Regulatory Map: 1 mention10810111213 Risk Management: 1 mention11314151617 Incidents: 3 mentions31718 EU AI Act: 1 mention1181920212223Source: the Body of Knowledge v0.5.0
Mentions per chapter How often each chapter names the term, with the chapters the glossary cross-references drawn solid. The longest bar is where to read the term in use; bars spread across many chapters mark a term that runs through the discipline.
Mentions as a table
Mentions of Widespread infringement per chapter
ChapterMentionsCross-referenced
00 Preface0No
01 Definition0No
02 Why Now0No
03 Values & Principles0No
04 The Stack0No
05 Patterns0No
06 The Role0No
07 Maturity Model0No
08 Regulatory Map1No
10 Reading List0No
11 AI Defined0No
12 Governance Program0No
13 Risk Management1No
14 Development0No
15 Deployment0No
16 Fairness & XAI0No
17 Incidents3Yes
18 EU AI Act1No
19 Privacy & AI0No
20 Existing Law0No
21 AI Laws Worldwide0No
22 Principles & Standards0No
23 AI Agents0No

Patterns that use this term

One pattern page uses the term.

Widespread infringement: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedContrastColour: stack layer of the pattern05 AssuranceWidespread infringementRelated terms (5)AI Act (EU) · RelatedAI Act (EU)AI hazard · RelatedAI hazardAI incident · RelatedAI incidentIssue (versus incident) · RelatedIssue (versus incident)Near miss · RelatedNear missContrast with (1)Serious incident · ContrastSerious incidentPatterns using it (1)Incident Pipeline, 1 mention · Uses the termIncident Pipeline
Widespread infringement: related terms and patternsThe term at the centre; related terms on solid edges, the terms it is contrasted with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer.RelatedContrastColour: stack layer of the pattern05 AssuranceRelated terms (5)AI Act (EU) · RelatedAI Act (EU)AI hazard · RelatedAI hazardAI incident · RelatedAI incidentIssue (versus incident) · RelatedIssue (versus incident)Near miss · RelatedNear missContrast with (1)Serious incident · ContrastSerious incidentPatterns using it (1)Incident Pipeline, 1 mention · Uses the termIncident PipelineWidespreadinfringement
The term's neighbourhood Terms related to this one on solid edges, terms it is often confused with on dashed edges, and the patterns that use it most in the colour of their layer. Follow a dashed edge to check the distinction before you use either term.
Neighbourhood as a table
Neighbourhood of Widespread infringement
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Related termsAI Act (EU)Related
Related termsAI hazardRelated
Related termsAI incidentRelated
Related termsIssue (versus incident)Related
Related termsNear missRelated
Contrast withSerious incidentContrast
Patterns using itIncident Pipeline, 1 mentionUses the term
  • AI hazard

    In the OECD's definition, an event or series of events where the development, use or malfunction of an AI system could plausibly lead to an AI incident.

  • AI incident

    In the OECD's definition, an event or series of events where the development, use or malfunction of one or more AI systems directly or indirectly leads to…

  • Issue (versus incident)

    A defect, deviation or control weakness that has not produced a harmful event, such as an eval regression in staging or a drift alert.

  • Near miss

    A hazard that a control, or luck, interrupted before harm occurred: the guardrail blocked the exfiltration, the reviewer caught the invented dosage.

  • AI Act (EU)

    Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the EU's horizontal, risk-tiered law for AI, amended by the Digital Omnibus.

Sources

  1. [1] Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), consolidated text as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI, in force 27 Jul 2026; definitions in Art. 3, incl. 3(1), 3(3) to 3(14), 3(14b), 3(20), 3(22), 3(23), 3(29) to 3(32), 3(49), 3(55) to 3(57), 3(60), 3(61), 3(63), 3(68); Arts. 4, 5, 6 (incl. 6(3) third subparagraph, profiling), 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 17, 22 to 27 (incl. 26(11)), 40, 41, 43, 47, 48, 50, 53 (incl. 53(1)(c)), 55, 57, 60, 72, 73, 86; Annexes I, III, IV). Publications Office of the EU (EUR-Lex). 2026-07-27. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/2026-07-27/eng (verified: primary)

Definitions of legal terms paraphrase the cited text, which governs. Dated statements are as of .

Cite this term

García Aibar, J. (2026). Widespread infringement. In AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis & Body of Knowledge (v0.5.0), Glossary. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197. https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/widespread-infringement. CC BY 4.0

BibTeX

@misc{aige2026widespreadinfringement,
  author  = {Jorge García Aibar},
  title   = {{Widespread infringement}},
  note    = {Glossary, AI Governance Engineering: The Thesis \& Body of Knowledge, version 0.5.0},
  year    = {2026},
  doi     = {10.5281/zenodo.22956197},
  url     = {https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/widespread-infringement}
}