On 17 September 2025, the Italian Senate approved a landmark law on artificial intelligence (AI), making Italy the first EU country to enact a national law specifically regulating AI while aligning with the EU AI Act.
The European Commission's GPAI guidelines under the AI Act are here—and they’re about to change how general-purpose AI models are developed, distributed, and regulated in the EU. If you work with large language models, generative AI systems, or provide AI tools to customers in the European Union, these guidelines define the rules you’ll need to follow from 2 August 2025.
The GPAI Code approved by the European Commission on 10 July 2025 is more than a symbolic move—it’s a powerful indicator of how the EU expects AI model developers to behave under the looming obligations of the AI Act. Although voluntary, this Code of Practice is poised to become a key instrument for navigating the compliance landscape surrounding general-purpose AI models.
The European Commission has launched a targeted consultation to support the development of Guidelines for implementing the AI Act, inviting all relevant GPAI stakeholders to submit their input via a survey until May 22, 2025.
The growth of generative artificial intelligence systems has led EU lawmakers to focus on General Purpose AI, like ChatGPT, in drafting the AI Act, which will set the framework governing artificial intelligence in the European Union.