EU tries to explain how to do AI without breaking the law

The EU has a new set of AI regulations poised to take effect soon. While debate over them continues, Brussels has put out a handy guidebook to help companies make sense of what they can and cannot do. 

The European Commission announced the publication of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice on Wednesday with the goal of helping folks comply with the AI Act. Parties subject to the Act will be able to sign on to the Code to indicate that they're in compliance, but it's purely voluntary.

Broken into three parts, the Code has two brief chapters outlining responsibilities AI companies face regarding transparency and obeying copyright, as well as a much longer section on safety and security that the Commission noted is "relevant only to a limited number of providers of the most advanced models." 

The same goes for the AI Act in general. As we ...