Overview

• Google formally commits to the EU’s General Purpose AI Code of Practice, joining early adopters such as OpenAI and Mistral and following Microsoft’s likely endorsement.
• The voluntary Code, drawn up by 13 independent experts, clarifies how to meet AI Act requirements including training data summaries and EU copyright compliance.
• Google warns that steps like stricter copyright rules, slower approvals or trade-secret disclosures under the AI Act could hamper Europe’s AI growth and competitiveness.
• Meta Platforms remains the primary major provider to decline signing the Code, citing unresolved legal uncertainties for model developers.
• The European Union designed the AI Act and accompanying Code to set a global governance benchmark and projects that prompt AI deployment could boost Europe’s economy by up to 8% (€1.4 trillion) annually by 2034.