What is General-Purpose AI Code of Practice?
The General-Purpose AI Code of Practice is a voluntary EU framework intended to help providers of general-purpose AI models demonstrate how they will meet EU AI Act obligations. It matters because it provides a practical compliance route for governance, documentation, transparency, and copyright-related controls before and after formal requirements fully apply.
In Depth
In practice, the Code of Practice is used by GPAI providers to structure policies, technical documentation, training-data transparency, copyright compliance processes, and, for some providers, systemic-risk management measures. Companies typically use it to evidence alignment, prepare documentation submissions, and show regulators that their governance, testing, and monitoring processes are mature enough to support EU AI Act compliance.
It is directly tied to the EU AI Act and to the broader GPAI compliance ecosystem, including sign-on or alignment processes and provider documentation expectations. It is most relevant to model developers and distributors offering general-purpose AI models, especially where the model may be integrated into downstream products, generate high-scale outputs, or create systemic-risk concerns.
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