Published: November 20th, 2023,
Last updated: May 28th, 2025

Germany, France and Italy have agreed on a joint position on the treatment of foundation models and general AI systems (GPAI) in the AI Act. The most important point: the three countries oppose statutory regulation of foundation models. Instead of introducing untested norms, they propose „mandatory self-regulation through codes of conduct“ for the interim period. This emerges from a non-paper by the three countries, which is available to Table.Media.