EU AI Act (GPAI)

What it is

Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (Artificial Intelligence Act), Chapter V: obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models

Providers placing general purpose SI models on the EU market, with added duties for models with systemic risk, presumed above 10^25 FLOP of training compute.

What it requires

• Notify the Commission within two weeks of reaching or foreseeing the 10^25 FLOP systemic risk threshold
• Keep technical documentation and give information to downstream providers
• Publish a summary of training content and maintain a copyright policy
• Systemic risk models: evaluate the model, including adversarial testing, and assess and mitigate systemic risks
• Systemic risk models: track and report serious incidents to the AI Office
• Systemic risk models: ensure adequate cybersecurity for the model and its infrastructure

Penalties

From August 2, 2026 the Commission can fine providers of general purpose SI models up to 3 percent of worldwide annual turnover or 15 million euros, whichever is higher.

What happens next

August 2, 2027: Deadline for general purpose SI models placed on the market before August 2, 2025 to comply.

Status

In force As of November 8, 2026, per the Control Map page for European Union. Statuses follow the Control Map method: in force means binding and applying now; passed means enacted but not yet applying; voluntary covers guidance and pledges; proposed means formally introduced; stalled means withdrawn, paused or dead.

Sources

1. Guidelines for providers of general-purpose AI models European Commission · Jul 18, 2025
2. Overview of Guidelines for GPAI Models EU Artificial Intelligence Act (Future of Life Institute)
3. EU AI Act: The AI Office sends its first requests for information to leading AI providers Reed Smith · Oct 26, 2026