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Guidelines on the scope of obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models and Template for the public summary of training content

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Commission guidelines set technical criteria for when a model is 'general-purpose', when downstream modifiers become providers, and when open-source exemptions apply; a mandatory-format template requires GPAI providers to publish a summary of training data sources (including main datasets and top domain names). Applies to all providers placing GPAI models on the EU market.

Why it matters

Determines whether a company fine-tuning or releasing a model is itself a GPAI provider and what training-data disclosure it must publish.

What it requires

Transparency to usersCopyright and training dataFrontier model safety
SourceEuropean Commission - Shaping Europe's digital future: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/guidelines-gpai-providers Checked against the source on 4 Oct 2026. Commission states the three GPAI instruments (guidelines, code, template) were published in July 2025; guideline date 18 Jul 2025 per Commission announcement.

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Guidelines on the scope of obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models and Template for the public summary of training content. European Commission. Status: In force. wheresthe.ai, https://wheresthe.ai/rule/eu-gpai-guidelines-training-data-template-2025/ (verified 4 Oct 2026).

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