EU AI Act: General-Purpose AI Obligations in Practice

Overview

The EU AI Act's rules for providers of general-purpose AI models have applied since August 2025, and the Commission's enforcement powers over those providers began in August 2026. Most companies are not model providers, but nearly all of them depend on one. This session explains where deployers and downstream providers stand, what they should ask their model suppliers for, and how to keep a compliance program moving while parts of the wider Act are still the subject of proposed adjustments.

Date and format

• Date: Thursday, November 19, 2026
• Time: 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. Central European Time; 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. London; 7:00 to 8:00 a.m. San Francisco
• Format: Webinar with live Q&A
• Cost: Complimentary

Agenda

1. Where the Act stands. The timeline for general-purpose model rules, high-risk system obligations and transparency duties.
2. Who is a provider? When fine-tuning, integrating or rebranding a model can turn a deployer into a provider.
3. Documentation and contracts. The information you should expect from model suppliers and the contract terms that secure it.
4. Building a program. Inventory, risk classification and governance steps that hold up across jurisdictions.
5. Live Q&A. Submit questions in advance or during the session.

Speakers

• Daniel Achterberg, Partner and Global Chair, AI Practice, San Francisco
• Sophie Laurent-Brecht, Counsel, Brussels

Who should attend

General counsel, heads of compliance, product counsel and procurement leads at companies that use or build products on third-party AI models and have EU customers or operations.