Article 53 sets out the baseline obligations that apply to all GPAI model providers. These obligations focus on transparency, copyright compliance, and information sharing with downstream providers and the AI Office.
The Four Article 53(1) Obligations
- (a) Draw up and keep up-to-date technical documentation before placing the model on the market -- in accordance with Annex XI
- (b) Draw up, keep up-to-date, and make publicly available a summary about the content used for training the GPAI model -- following the template in Annex XII
- (c) Put in place a policy to comply with Union copyright law, including a policy for text and data mining opt-outs under Article 4(3) of Directive 2019/790
- (d) Publish and maintain a sufficiently detailed summary of the content used for training to allow downstream providers to comply with their obligations
Open-Source Exemption
Article 53(2) creates a significant exemption: providers of GPAI models released under a free and open-source licence are exempt from the technical documentation obligation in Article 53(1)(a) and the copyright policy obligation in Article 53(1)(c). However, this exemption does not apply if the model presents systemic risk under Article 51. The open-source model must genuinely make the model weights, parameters, and training information available.
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — Article 53(1)(b)
“Draw up and make publicly available a sufficiently detailed summary about the content used for training the general-purpose AI model, according to a template provided by the AI Office.”