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title: "AI system impact assessment"
description: "An assessment of how an AI system and its foreseeable applications may affect individuals, groups and society, performed across the lifecycle and updated as needed; ISO/IEC 42005:2025 gives the…"
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/ai-system-impact-assessment
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
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doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
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# AI system impact assessment

An assessment of how an AI system and its foreseeable applications may affect individuals, groups and society, performed across the lifecycle and updated as needed; ISO/IEC 42005:2025 gives the guidance [1]. Often called an AI impact assessment (AIIA).

- Developed in: [ch. 14, Impact assessments compared](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governing-development#impact-assessments-compared)
- Chapters: [ch. 14, Development](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governing-development)
- Contrast with: [FRIA](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/fria)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-ai-system-impact-assessment

## Sources

[1] ISO/IEC 42005:2025, AI system impact assessment (companion to Art. 27 and ISO 42001 Annex A.5). ISO/IEC. 2025-05. https://www.iso.org/standard/44545.html (verified: secondary)