---
title: "reasonably foreseeable misuse"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/glossary/reasonably-foreseeable-misuse"
type: "defined_term"
site: "AI Law Framework"
checked: "2026-10-10"
---

# reasonably foreseeable misuse

> the use of an AI system in a way that is not in accordance with its intended purpose, but which may result from reasonably foreseeable human behaviour or interaction with other systems, including other AI systems;

Canonical page: https://ailawframework.com/glossary/reasonably-foreseeable-misuse  
Checked: 2026-10-10

Site index for agents: https://ailawframework.com/llms.txt

the use of an AI system in a way that is not in accordance with its intended purpose, but which may result from reasonably foreseeable human behaviour or interaction with other systems, including other AI systems;

Source: [EU AI Act Art 3(13)](https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/article/3/) (checked 2026-10-10)

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