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GPAI and Frontier Models: When the Vendor's Obligations Become Yours

The GPAI provisions of the EU AI Act are among the most consequential and least understood parts of the regulation — particularly for organizations using foundation models or developing their own. Understand what constitutes a GPAI model under the Act, which obligations apply at different capability levels, what systemic risk designation triggers, and how organizations integrating GPAI models into products and services determine their own compliance position.

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The GPAI provisions of the EU AI Act are among the most consequential and least understood parts of the regulation — particularly for organizations using foundation models or developing their own. Understand what constitutes a GPAI model under the Act, which obligations apply at different capability levels, what systemic risk designation triggers, and how organizations integrating GPAI models into products and services determine their own compliance position.

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