Questions to help you decide where AI could be useful, what evidence you need and who will be responsible for operating it.
Start with a customer or operating problem. Compare an AI approach with a simpler alternative, and define what would make either option worthwhile.
A useful pilot answers a decision. Before expanding it, examine performance in the intended operating conditions, the full cost and the people who will handle failures.
Regulatory duties depend on the system, its use and your role. The EU AI Act applies in phases; use the European Commission’s current guidance to identify the relevant requirements.
Prompts for your project, not industry benchmarks.
Examples to investigate; suitability depends on your context.
Check data access, explainability and applicable financial-services requirements for the specific use.
Check integration with existing equipment, operating conditions and responsibility for safe operation.
Check the intended medical use, health-data protection and any required evaluation or approval.
Check customer consent where required, data use and whether the expected value justifies the operating cost.
Check these constraints before treating a pilot as ready for production.
Can you lawfully access suitable data, understand its limitations and maintain its quality?
Who has the skills and capacity to build, operate and support the system?
Which rules apply to this use and who is responsible for assessing them?
What are the integration, computing, supplier-dependency and exit costs?
How will users learn the new workflow, challenge an output and escalate a failure?
Use these as review prompts, not predictions.
Does the latest evidence still support using AI?
Have the intended use or regulatory requirements changed?
Can you change suppliers without losing essential data or capability?
Does the system work with the information and conditions it will encounter?
Can the people responsible explain when to intervene or stop it?
What would justify expanding, changing or stopping the initiative?
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This is an editorial decision guide, not a survey, market forecast or maturity benchmark. The examples are possibilities to assess, not claims about adoption or results. The regulatory link below is a starting point for checking the rules that apply to your system.
European Commission: AI Act framework and application timeline
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