General-Purpose AI Code of Practice now available

The European Commission has received the final version of the General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, a voluntary tool developed by 13 independent experts, with input from over 1,000 stakeholders, including model providers, small and medium-sized enterprises, academics, AI safety experts, rightsholders, and civil society organisations.
The Code is designed to help industry comply with the AI Act's rules on general-purpose AI, which will enter into application on 2 August 2025. The rules become enforceable by the AI Office of the Commission one year later as regards new models and two years later as regards existing models. This aims to ensure that general-purpose AI models placed on the European market — including the most powerful ones — are safe and transparent.

The Code consists of three chapters: Transparency and Copyright, both addressing all providers of general-purpose AI models, and Safety and Security, relevant only to a limited number of providers of the most advanced models.