AI engineering glossary · AI ethics law product
What is General-purpose AI model?
General-purpose AI model (also called GPAI model): In the EU AI Act, an AI model trained on broad data that can competently perform a wide range of tasks and be built into many downstream systems, such as a large language model. Its providers face specific duties such as documentation and information for downstream users.
General-purpose AI model: an example
A foundation language model offered through an API to thousands of developers is a general-purpose AI model under the Act.
Related terms
- EU AI Act
- Systemic risk (GPAI)
- Foundation model
- System card
More AI ethics law product terms
- Global explanation
- High-risk AI system
- Historical bias
- Homomorphic encryption
- Human oversight
- Implicit feedback
- Individual fairness
- Interpretability
Where you learn it
General-purpose AI model is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.