{"id":1522,"date":"2025-08-17T08:59:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T08:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stefan-wagenpfeil.de\/unkategorisiert\/ai-regulation-the-downstream-provider\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T09:00:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T09:00:05","slug":"ai-regulation-the-downstream-provider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stefan-wagenpfeil.de\/en\/latest-news\/ai-regulation-the-downstream-provider\/","title":{"rendered":"AI Regulation – the “downstream provider”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The AI Regulation?Oh, that doesn’t affect us, does it?<\/p>\n\n

Unfortunately, this is often a misjudgement, because what we are currently seeing in the market – namely the integration of AI functionality into existing software – can quickly become a problem.<\/p>\n\n

According to the AI Regulation, every system manufacturer that integrates Chat GPT into its software, for example, becomes a “downstream provider” (section 3, paragraph 68) and is therefore automatically subject to the obligations of the AI Regulation. <\/p>\n\n

And this happens faster than you think: even a simple, purchased chatbot or a translation function via the Chat GPT API makes you a “downstream provider”. And we are currently finding such use cases almost everywhere! <\/p>\n\n

Damn… so this does affect us after all!And now?<\/p>\n\n

Well, now you actually have to carry out a conformity assessment for your system and the downstream system. This must be documented and in most cases also means that you have to implement a series of measures (e.g. transparency obligation, documentation, monitoring, risk assessment, etc.). <\/p>\n\n

This also includes measures that must be publicly visible (e.g. transparency), similar to the implementation of the GDPR or cookie notices. I would therefore not be surprised if we soon see the next wave of warnings coming our way. <\/p>\n\n

So it’s best not to let this become a problem in the first place…<\/p>\n\n

#itsachverst\u00e4ndigesindcool<\/a>SLW Streitz Liesegang Wagenpfeil & Partner<\/a><\/p>\n\n

P.S..yes, I deliberately said “\ud835\ude17\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude23\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2e” here and not “\ud835\ude0f\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude22\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude34\ud835\ude27\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude25\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude36\ud835\ude2f\ud835\ude28” (bad “no-go” in manager-speak – I know), but what needs to be done is clear and not a big challenge. However, the issue quickly becomes a problem if nothing is done… hence “\ud835\ude17\ud835\ude33\ud835\ude30\ud835\ude23\ud835\ude2d\ud835\ude26\ud835\ude2e”… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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