Generally, the scope of the AI Act is very broad, encompassing both EU and non-EU based businesses.
Who is primarily subject to the AI Act?
- Providers of AI systems who develop an AI system with the intention of placing it on the EU market or putting it into service under their own name or trademark.
- However, obligations also extend to users (meaning any natural or legal person using an AI system under their authority), and to importers and distributors, with the aim of preventing dangerous products built outside the EU from entering it.
In summary
- The AI Act will apply to AI system providers and their authorized representatives, importers, distributors, users and product manufacturers who:
i) place an AI system on the EU market or put it into service in the EU, or
ii) put an AI system into service together with their product and under their own name or trademark. - The AI Act will affect almost everyone who places an AI system on the market or puts it into service in the EU, whether:
i) they are physically present,
ii) they are established in the EU,
iii) they are in a third country, or
iv) they use the output of an AI system in the EU.
