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Downstream Provider

Caesar AI Atlas Definition

A downstream provider is a provider of an AI system that integrates an AI model into its own system or offering. Under the EU AI Act concept, this role applies whether the model is supplied by another entity or developed within the same vertically integrated organization.

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Downstream Provider Source

A provider of an AI system, including a general-purpose AI system, which integrates an AI model, regardless of whether the AI model is provided by themselves and vertically integrated or provided by another entity based on contractual relations.

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Provider vs Downstream Provider

A side-by-side comparison of Provider and Downstream Provider. Understand the difference between the general provider role and a provider that integrates an AI model into its own system or offering.

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ProviderEU AI Act[AI] Model[AI] SystemEntityDistributor