What is a "deployer" — is that me?
A deployer is the person or business using an AI system under their authority, except for purely personal use. If your shop uses ChatGPT at work, you are typically the deployer — the vendor is usually the provider.
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A deployer is the person or business using an AI system under their authority, except for purely personal use. If your shop uses ChatGPT at work, you are typically the deployer — the vendor is usually the provider.
You can be a deployer of one tool and a provider of another, if you put your own system on the market. Everyday chatbot use is mainly about literacy and transparency. High-risk deployers have extra duties.
This is general information, not legal advice.
What the law actually says
"‘deployer’ means a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body using an AI system under its authority except where the AI system is used in the course of a personal non-professional activity;"— EU AI Act, Article 3(4) (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) · eur-lex.europa.eu
In plain words
- Provider = the one who places the system on the market or puts it into service. Deployer = the one using it in their organisation.
- Personal, non-professional use is carved out. Using the same tool to serve customers is not personal use.
- You can be a deployer of one tool and a provider of another, if you put your own system on the market.
- Deployer duties depend on the system. High-risk deployers have extra Article 26 duties. Everyday chatbot use is mainly about literacy and transparency.
- Scans your computer and lists every AI tool your business actually uses.
- Checks your settings files for the transparency basics and produces a plain-language readiness report.
- Runs in your browser, free, nothing uploaded.
- Every month: re-scan, and the report can be updated each month — "what changed since last check" is written for you.
- Your records build into a printable readiness pack: tool inventory, training journal, disclosure checklist.
- Keeps the dated history an inspector would ask to see.
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