General-Purpose AI Model
Also called: GPAI
Under the EU AI Act: a model with significant generality that can perform a wide range of tasks and be built into many systems.
Article 3(63) covers models trained at scale, typically with self-supervision, that are broadly capable and integrable downstream. Models used purely for research or pre-market prototyping are excluded. GPAI providers carry documentation, copyright-policy, and training-data-summary obligations, with heavier duties where the model is deemed to carry systemic risk.
In practice: A general text model sold via API and embedded into a thousand different products.
Plain-English summary of Article 3(63). The binding text is Regulation (EU) 2024/1689.