financial-regulator

BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, Germany)

Name: Calibrated Authority rating — BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, Germany)
Item: BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, Germany) — public generative-AI policy
Rating: 9
Author: Chris Huber Reitz

9/12Calibrated Authority

“Senior management is responsible for all significant business decisions, even if they are based on algorithms. As a result, senior management must have sufficient technical expertise.”— Big data and artificial intelligence: Principles for the use of algorithms in decision-making processes, ch. II Key principles, "Clear management responsibility" (primary PDF read 2026-09-20) · source ↗

Traceability & inspectability

Human authorship & accountability

Disclosure & labeling

Synthetic-identity / fabrication prohibition

Human validation in loop

Evidential-trust emphasis

Posture Enabling Boundary fit · partially Trust-logic Evidential

Source policy: https://www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/EN/Aufsichtsrecht/dl_Prinzipienpapier_BDAI_en.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2

Machine record: /institutions/bafin.json

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Reitz, C.H. (2026). The Calibrated Authority Index — BaFin (Federal Financial Supervisory Authority, Germany). https://calibrated-authority.chrishuberreitz.com/institutions/bafin Quote: “Senior management is responsible for all significant business decisions, even if they are based on algorithms. As a result, senior management must have sufficient technical expertise.” Source: https://www.bafin.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/EN/Aufsichtsrecht/dl_Prinzipienpapier_BDAI_en.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=2

Index Methodology Manifest JSON atom CC-BY-4.0 · v2026-09-22 · Chris Huber Reitz