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Governance, Risk, Audit & Privacy · Advanced

AI Provider and Deployer

EU AI Act roles: providers develop or place AI on the market under their name; deployers use AI systems under their authority.

Definition

Most high-risk obligations fall on providers, including conformity assessment and quality management. Deployers must use systems per instructions, assign human oversight, monitor operation, keep logs, inform affected workers, and, for certain deployers, conduct fundamental rights impact assessments. A deployer that substantially modifies a high-risk system or rebrands it becomes a provider. Importers and distributors have their own duties.

Example

A hospital using a vendor's diagnostic AI is a deployer; the vendor is the provider.

Exam tip

Substantial modification can turn a deployer into a provider.

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