Does the EU AI Act apply if I'm outside the EU?
It can. The Act covers providers and deployers established outside the Union when the output of the AI system is used in the Union. Selling into the EU, or using a tool whose results are used there, can bring you in.
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It can. The Act covers providers and deployers established outside the Union when the output of the AI system is used in the Union.
Selling into the EU, or using a tool whose results are used there, can bring you in. Where you sit is not a complete shield. Look at where the output is used, not only at your letterhead.
This is general information, not legal advice.
What the law actually says
"This Regulation applies to: (a) providers placing on the market or putting into service AI systems or placing on the market general-purpose AI models in the Union, irrespective of whether those providers are established or located within the Union or in a third country; (b) deployers of AI systems that have their place of establishment or are located within the Union; (c) providers and deployers of AI systems that have their place of establishment or are located in a third country, where the output produced by the AI system is used in the Union;"— EU AI Act, Article 2(1)(a)–(c) (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) · eur-lex.europa.eu
In plain words
- If you are established in the EU and you deploy an AI system, Article 2(1)(b) covers you.
- If you are outside the EU but the output is used in the Union — for example an EU customer sees the result — Article 2(1)(c) can cover you.
- Providers who place a system on the Union market are covered even if they sit in a third country.
- Where you sit is not a complete shield. Look at where the output is used, not only at your letterhead.
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