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A general-purpose artificial intelligence model capable of performing a wide range of distinct tasks and integrating into various applications.
Under the EU AI Act, General-Purpose AI (GPAI) models - like LLMs - face specific transparency and copyright obligations. If a model reaches the Systemic Risk threshold (e.g., 10^25 FLOPs), it requires additional red-teaming and safety testing. Most enterprise agents today are built on top of third-party GPAI models, making this category centrally important to enterprise AI governance.
Real world example:
OpenAI's GPT-4 is a GPAI model; when a company uses it to build a specific Customer Support Bot, the company must manage both the GPAI provider risk and the specific application risk.
