EU AI Act: Rules on General-Purpose AI Enter Into Force

August 1, 2025

The EU AI Act’s phased implementation continues: from 2 August 2025, the AI Act’s rules on general-purpose AI (GPAI) will enter into force (and become enforceable in respect of any new GPAI models in August 2026 and for existing GPAI models in August 2027).

This milestone follows the recent publication of (non-binding) guidelines developed by the European Commission to clarify the scope of the obligations on providers of GPAI models (the “GPAI Guidelines”), and the release of the final version of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice.

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