Guidelines on the scope of obligations for providers of general-purpose AI models under the AI Act

Non-binding guidelines explaining when a model constitutes a general-purpose AI model, with an indicative threshold of more than 10^23 floating point operations training compute in combination with the capacity to generate language, image or video. They determine who qualifies as a provider, when a party that fine-tunes becomes a provider itself, when a provider outside the Union must appoint an authorised representative, and under what conditions open source is exempted. Available in all 24 EU languages and linked to the application of the general-purpose AI rules from 2 August 2025.