Source: European Parliament
The Commission is committed to ensuing effective implementation of the transparency obligations in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act[1].
According to Article 53(1)(d) AI Act, providers of general-purpose AI models must make publicly available a sufficiently detailed summary about the content used to train their models, according to a template provided by the EU AI Office.
The Commission has started working on this template based on the objectives and the requirements defined in the AI Act. Recital 107 AI Act requires the template to be simple, effective, and allow the providers to provide the required summary in a narrative form.
It also emphasises the need for the summary to be generally comprehensive in its scope rather than technically detailed. The summary should facilitate parties with legitimate interests, including rightholders, to exercise and enforce their rights under EU law, while taking into due account the need to protect trade secrets and confidential business information.
Trade secrets are critical determinants for the competitiveness of EU providers of general-purpose AI models and should be considered when determining the granularity of the information. At the same time, the summary should provide sufficient details and meaningful public transparency to achieve its objectives.
To further inform the work on the template, the Commission has launched a consultation[2] and collected contributions from a diverse range of stakeholders.
Based on this input, the EU AI Office is now preparing a proposal for the template with first ideas presented to the participants in the Code of Practice process[3].
This inclusive process will allow the AI Office to finalise the template and take into account stakeholders’ input before its adoption.
- [1] Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence and amending Regulations (EC) No 300/2008, (EU) No 167/2013, (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1139 and (EU) 2019/2144 and Directives 2014/90/EU, (EU) 2016/797 and (EU) 2020/1828 (Artificial Intelligence Act) (Text with EEA relevance), PE/24/2024/REV/1, OJ L, 2024/1689, 12.7.2024.
- [2] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-launches-consultation-code-practice-general-purpose-artificial-intelligence
- [3] https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/ai-code-practice