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OpenAI aligns safety practices with EU AI Act’s GPAI Code

OpenAI signals compliance ahead of EU AI Act enforcement — but the real test is whether codes of practice have teeth.

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Why it matters

As the EU AI Act moves toward enforcement, OpenAI is publicly aligning its safety practices with voluntary industry codes. This matters to practitioners operating in or serving EU markets: it signals what regulatory compliance looks like at the frontier labs, and whether voluntary codes will become de facto industry standards or get superseded by harder rules.

The key facts

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  1. OpenAI endorsed the EU General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice

  2. OpenAI endorsed the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content

  3. Both codes emerged from multi-stakeholder processes

  4. EU AI Act enforcement is approaching

  5. Company framing safety, security, and transparency alignment as central to GPAI Code compliance

  6. OpenAI endorsed EU's General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice

  7. OpenAI endorsed Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content

  8. EU AI Act enforcement approaching

  9. Focus on safety, security, and transparency alignment

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Publisher excerpt: OpenAI has outlined how it aligns safety, security, and transparency work with the EU AI Act’s GPAI Code as enforcement approaches. The company has contributed to and endorsed the EU’s General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice and the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content. Both…
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