Also known as: AI Actor Β· AI Actors Β· Artificial Intelligence Actor
An AI Actor is an individual or organization that plays an active role in the AI system lifecycle. The term can include developers, providers, deployers, operators, vendors, and users who influence how an AI system is designed, supplied, used, or governed.
AI actors are 'those who play an active role in the AI system lifecycle, including organizations and individuals that deploy or operate AI.' AI actors are present across the AI lifecycle, including 'an AI developer who makes AI software available, such as pre-trained models' and 'an AI actor who is responsible for deploying that pre-trained model in a specific use case.'
Those who play an active role in the AI system lifecycle, including organisations and individuals that deploy or operate AI. These include, but are not limited to, those who: Develop AI systems, including through ideation, data gathering, model selection and testing; Sell AI products to end-users; Deploy AI systems in their business; Use AI systems that have been deployed by others.