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EU publishes General-Purpose AI Code of Practice ahead of AI Act model duties

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The European Commission published a voluntary three-part code (transparency, copyright, and safety and security) that general-purpose AI model providers can sign to show compliance with AI Act Articles 53 and 55, whose obligations applied from 2 August 2025. Signatories include Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, Mistral AI and OpenAI; xAI signed only the safety and security chapter.

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It became the practical compliance template for frontier model providers selling into the EU, including systemic-risk assessment and incident reporting duties.

SourceEuropean Commission Checked against the primary source. Independently fact-checked on 7 Oct 2026.
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