Europe’s General-Purpose AI Rulebook: What’s Covered & Which Tech Giants Will Sign It

The EU’s General-Purpose AI Code of Practice is intended to guide AI developers in complying with the EU AI Act.

The European Union published on July 10 its General-Purpose AI Code of Practice. The document, which was originally scheduled for release on May 2, is intended to guide developers of artificial intelligence systems in complying with the EU AI Act and avoiding potential penalties.

What is covered in the EU’s new AI code?

The code comprises three chapters: Transparency, Copyright, and Safety and Security. The third chapter only applies to providers of advanced models with “systemic risks” such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, Meta’s Llama, and Google’s Gemini.

• The Transparency chapter requires developers to collect and share information about a model’s training data, licenses, energy and compute use, and more.
• The Copyright chapter mandates that the training data complies with EU copyright law.
• The Safety and ...