Defined in the law · AI Act Art. 3(68)
Downstream provider
In plain English
A provider of an AI system that builds in an AI model, whether the model is its own or supplied by another company under a contract.
The definition in the law
‘downstream provider’ means a provider of an AI system, including a general-purpose AI system, which integrates an AI model, regardless of whether the AI model is provided by themselves and vertically integrated or provided by another entity based on contractual relations
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