{"data":{"id":"us/31-cfr-850.202","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"31 CFR 850.202","heading":"AI system.","body":"The term AI system means:\n(a) A machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments—i.e., a system that:\n(1) Uses data inputs to perceive real and virtual environments;\n(2) Abstracts such perceptions into models through automated or algorithmic statistical analysis; and\n(3) Uses model inference to make a classification, prediction, recommendation, or decision.\n(b) Any data system, software, hardware, application, tool, or utility that operates in whole or in part using a system described in paragraph (a) of this section.","path":["Title 31—Money and Finance: Treasury","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Money and Finance","CHAPTER VIII—OFFICE OF INVESTMENT SECURITY, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY","PART 850—PROVISIONS PERTAINING TO U.S. INVESTMENTS IN CERTAIN NATIONAL SECURITY TECHNOLOGIES AND PRODUCTS IN COUNTRIES OF CONCERN","Subpart B—Definitions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-31.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:25Z","sha256":"79200f18b9bc0c3a90a50a6b486270bdadd873d87d2a4cc9072c17f8b9f24d99","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/31-cfr-850.201","next":"us/31-cfr-850.203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}