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Does your AI product need a lawyerbefore it goes to market?

In two minutes you will know what the law requires before you launch your AI product, what is worth doing even when it is optional, and what you can sort out yourself.

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Tool

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How it decides

Whether you need a lawyer depends on where your AI is used and what role the law gives you.

What the law requires

The AI Act classifies by use. It has prohibited certain practices since 2 February 2025 and adds two more on 2 December 2026 (Article 5); it requires disclosure and marking when AI talks to people or generates content from 2 August 2026 (Article 50); and it keeps its strictest regime for high-risk systems, which arrives on 2 December 2027 or 2 August 2028 depending on the case (Article 113, as amended by Regulation 2026/1744). Your role matters too: whoever places the system on the market under their own name is a provider, and whoever uses it under their own authority is a deployer (Article 3). Personal data brings in the GDPR, which already applies.

What is worth doing even when it is optional

No rule obliges you to hire a lawyer to launch an AI product. It is worth it when you are about to sign or document something that is hard to fix later: the contract with your model provider, your customer terms, training on third-party content, or a funding round in which all of this will be requested in writing.

What you can do yourself

If the test finds neither high risk nor a prohibited practice, it gives you the route to comply on your own: the notice in your interface, the marking your provider offers, training for your team and your GDPR clauses. It only points you to a Virtual Consultation when the verdict calls for it.

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Questions

What people ask us about this tool

Does the AI Act apply if I use another company's model?

Yes. Using it in your business makes you a deployer (Article 3(4)), and building it into a product you offer under your own name or brand makes you the provider of that system (Article 3(3)). The model provider answers for its obligations and you for those of your product.

Do I have to tell users my chatbot is an AI?

Yes, from 2 August 2026, unless it is obvious to a reasonably well-informed person (Article 50(1)). A clear notice in the interface itself is enough.

Can I wait until 2027 if my AI is high-risk?

The obligations apply from 2 December 2027 for Annex III and from 2 August 2028 for Annex I products. Risk management, data quality and human oversight are settled at the design stage, and the GDPR already applies to any personal data you process.

How does it differ from The AI Radar and La Consultilla?

Green Light decides whether your AI product needs a lawyer before launch. The AI Radar tells you which obligations apply to you and from when. La Consultilla answers whether a dispute you already have needs a lawyer.

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