Overview of Guidelines for GPAI Models

AI Act · 11 months ago

The European Commission published draft Guidelines on 18 July 2025 clarifying how the EU AI Act applies to General Purpose AI models, establishing a compute threshold of 10²³ FLOPs for GPAI classification and 10²⁵ FLOPs for systemic-risk designation. Providers must maintain documentation, publish training data summaries, comply with copyright policies, and those exceeding the 10²⁵ FLOPs threshold must notify the Commission within two weeks and undergo comprehensive risk assessments. The guidelines establish enforcement timelines with the AI Office gaining full enforcement powers on 2 August 2026, while providers of models placed before that date have until 2 August 2027 to achieve compliance.