Posts tagged “deployer”
EU AI Act Article 86: The Right to an Explanation, and When It Bites
Article 86 lets people ask a deployer to explain an AI-assisted decision. It formally applies from 2 August 2026, but after the Digital Omnibus its Annex III trigger only arrives on 2 December 2027. Here is what to prepare.
EU AI Act Article 26: Deployer Obligations
You bought the model. You still have duties. Article 26 covers instructions, human oversight, logs, worker notice, and when you must switch the system off.
EU AI Act Article 13: Instructions for Use
Article 13 is the manual your deployers will be judged against. What it must say, who writes it, and why a help-centre article is not enough.
Workplace ChatGPT and the EU AI Act
An internal ChatGPT seat is usually limited-risk, not high-risk. Here is when it stays that way, when HR use flips the tier, and what to do by 2 August 2026.
Buying High-Risk AI: an EU Procurement Checklist
The vendor's CE mark does not finish your job. Ten questions to ask before you sign, and the Article 26 duties that stay with you after go-live.
EU AI Act: Inform Workers before Workplace AI
Article 26(7) is a pre-use notice, not a Slack rumour. Who you must tell, when, what to put in the note, and how it sits next to works-council law.
The AI Literacy Obligation Nobody's Talking About (Article 4)
Article 4 applies to every company that builds or uses AI — not just high-risk ones — and it's been in force since February 2025. Here's what 'sufficient AI literacy' actually requires and how to satisfy it without overthinking it.
Who Needs a Fundamental Rights Impact Assessment (FRIA)? Article 27
The FRIA is a deployer obligation most providers have never heard of. It applies to public bodies and certain high-risk deployers — and you can build it on top of your existing DPIA. Here's who needs one and what goes in it.
If You Build on the OpenAI or Anthropic API, Are You Regulated by the EU AI Act?
Using GPT or Claude through an API doesn't make you a GPAI model provider — but it can still make you a provider or deployer of a high-risk AI system. Here's where the obligations actually land when you build on someone else's model.
Article 25 and the Liability Handoff: When Your API Customer Becomes the AI Provider
Article 25 of the EU AI Act describes when a deployer becomes a provider — inheriting full compliance obligations. If you sell API access to AI capabilities, this affects your customers and your contracts.