Brussels consults on Code of Practice for general-purpose Artificial Intelligence

(BRUSSELS) - The European Commission launched a consultation Tuesday on a Code of Practice for providers of general-purpose Artificial Intelligence (GPAI) models.

The EU executive is inviting GPAI providers with operations in the EU, businesses, civil society representatives, rights holders and academic experts to submit their views and findings, which will feed into the Commission's upcoming draft of the Code of Practice on GPAI models.

Interested parties are also invited to provide input on ensuring trustworthy general-purpose AI models in the EU.

The Code of Practice, foreseen by the EU's Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act), will address critical areas such as transparency, copyright-related rules, risk identification and assessment, risk mitigation, and internal risk management.

The Commission says the consultation feedback will also inform the work of the AI Office, which will supervise the implementation and enforcement of the AI Act rules on GPAI. The AI Office is developing a template and guidelines for summarising training data, used to build the GPAI model. The template and guidelines will be adopted by the Commission and contribute to further discussions on the Code.

The AI Act, which enters into force on 1 August this year, aims to foster responsible AI development and deployment in the EU. The provisions on GPAI will enter into application 12 months after the AI Act enters into force.

The Commission expects to finalise the Code of Practice by April 2025.

Participants can find more information on the consultation on the Code of Practice for GPAI here, as well as information on how to join the upcoming drafting process here.