# Scope 2(a) — AI Act — provision context

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Part of **Scope** (AI Act, full article: https://overview.legal/laws/ai-act/art-2).

## Provision text

### 2(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;


## Topics on this provision

- **GPAI Systemic Risk** — https://overview.legal/topics/general-purpose-ai-models-systemic-risk
  This new topic is needed because the content specifically addresses the classification and identification of general-purpose AI models that present systemic ris
- **AI Value Chain Actors and Roles** — https://overview.legal/topics/ai-value-chain-actors
  The content focuses on responsibilities distributed across different actors in the AI value chain. A dedicated topic for understanding the various actors, their
- **AI Act Territorial Scope** — https://overview.legal/topics/ai-act-territorial-scope
  The scope section of the AI Act includes specific provisions on territorial applicability and which providers are subject to the regulation regardless of their 

## Cited by (exact-provision citations)

- **Perspectives for Open Source AI** (literature) — https://overview.legal/posts/83512

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