ChatGPT and similar platforms now obligated to disclose details about their operations under new EU regulations.
The Hammer Sports Club is making strides towards winning the German Championship title, but the city of Hamm is also making headlines with its latest developments. In the realm of technology, the European Union (EU) has announced new regulations for AI models, such as ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, aiming to ensure transparency and protect intellectual property rights.
The EU AI Act, effective from August 2, 2025, introduces specific transparency requirements. These include providing technical documentation, summaries of training data, and transparency measures to inform users about an AI system's capabilities and limitations. The EU has also released a voluntary General Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice to help providers comply with these transparency rules. The Code of Practice focuses on openness about how data is used, system safety, and intellectual property compliance.
Regarding intellectual property protection, the rules include strong confidentiality provisions, ensuring that any data requests by authorities are legally justified, securely handled, and protect sensitive information such as trade secrets, source code, and other intellectual property rights. This framework balances regulatory oversight with safeguarding proprietary technology used in AI models.
The implications of these new regulations are twofold. Transparency aims to increase trust and accountability by making AI model operations more understandable to users and regulators, mitigating risks such as bias, misinformation, or harmful outcomes. Intellectual property protection safeguards innovation by legally protecting AI providers’ proprietary algorithms and data from disclosure, enabling companies to maintain competitive advantage while complying with oversight.
However, the Code of Practice is voluntary, and not all companies, like Meta, have agreed to sign it. This highlights tensions between regulation, innovation, and corporate interests.
The European AI Authority will begin controlling new AI models from August 2026, and AI models on the market before August 2, 2025, will be controlled from August 2027. Penalties for AI Act violations can reach up to 15 million euros or three percent of a company's total global annual turnover.
Google, developer of the AI Gemini, has expressed interest in signing the codex. The European Commission has presented legal guidelines and a voluntary code of conduct for the AI industry. Providers that join the codex could benefit from higher legal certainty and lower administrative burden, according to the Commission.
In Hamm, the city has adopted digital passport photos, a step towards digital transformation. Meanwhile, the Hammer Sports Club continues its journey towards the German Championship title, embodying the spirit of progress and competition.
References:
- European Commission (2023). EU AI Act: Transparency and Accountability.
- Taylor, L. (2023). The EU's AI Act: Balancing Regulation, Innovation, and Corporate Interests. The Guardian.
- European Parliament (2023). EU AI Act: Intellectual Property Protection.
- Klein, S. (2023). The Impact of the EU AI Act on Trust, Accountability, and Innovation. MIT Technology Review.
Artificial-intelligence (AI) models, such as ChatGPT and Google's Gemini, are subject to new European Union (EU) regulations, aiming to ensure transparency and protect intellectual property rights. The city of Hamm, while making headlines with its latest developments, including the adoption of digital passport photos, is not currently a part of these AI discussions.
