AI & Automation
EU AI Act
EU regulation classifying AI systems by risk; HR uses (recruiting, performance, allocation) are high-risk and require strict controls.
Related terms.
Full glossary- Agentic AI
- AI that plans and executes multi-step tasks (scheduling, sourcing, drafting) under human oversight, not just answers a prompt.
- AI Copilot
- An AI assistant embedded in HR tools to draft, summarise, search and recommend — keeping a human in the loop.
- AI Governance
- Policies, controls and audit trails ensuring AI in hiring, performance and pay is fair, explainable and legal under EU AI Act.
- AI-Assisted Sourcing
- Using AI to surface, rank and outreach to candidates from open and licensed talent data.
- Bias Audit
- Independent review of an AI system's decisions for adverse impact across protected characteristics.
- LLM (Large Language Model)
- The foundation model behind generative AI — underpins copilots, chatbots and document assistants in HR tooling.
- Prompt Library
- Curated, tested prompts for HR tasks (JD writing, comp letters, performance summaries) — quality control for generative AI.
- RPA (Robotic Process Automation)
- Software bots automating repetitive UI-driven tasks across legacy systems where APIs are missing.
