Databricks is committed to responsible AI development and deployment consistent with applicable laws, including laws such as the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act (EU AI Act).

Databricks is an AI system provider and downstream model distributor for third-party general purpose AI models. We are responsible for our assessments of the AI systems we provide directly. We do not place general-purpose AI foundation models on the market as an upstream provider in the AI value chain. Where Databricks integrates third-party foundation models downstream into our services, or offer models downstream of model providers, those models remain subject to the obligations applicable to their respective model providers under the EU AI Act. The upstream model providers are responsible for compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

Databricks services are use-case agnostic and data agnostic. They are not placed on the market for specific high-risk use cases.

Customers are responsible for assessing whether their intended use of Databricks AI systems, or models through Databricks, constitute  high-risk AI uses under the EU AI Act, and for complying with applicable obligations in connection with such uses.

Databricks supports customers’ compliance efforts through:

• Platform-level governance controls;
• Security and monitoring capabilities; and
• Documentation describing use and functionality.

Databricks continues to monitor EU AI Act implementation guidance and harmonised standards and will update its governance approach as appropriate.