Map of the AI Act
Downstream provider
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definition
Downstream provider
A provider of an AI system, including a general-purpose AI system, which integrates an AI model, regardless of whether that model is provided by themselves and vertically integrated or obtained from another entity on a contractual basis.
based on
- Article 3 on EUR-Lexguidance
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