The EU AI Act establishes phased compliance deadlines for different categories of AI. By which specific deadline must providers of general-purpose AI (GPAI) models determined to pose systemic risk achieve full compliance with their applicable obligations?
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Think of it this way: in real-world AI governance, august 2025 is exactly what teams reach for when they need to handle this scenario. The EU AI Act's phased implementation schedule establishes three key milestones: February 2025 for prohibited AI practices, August 2025 for GPAI model obligations including codes of practice for systemic risk models, and August 2026 for the full set of high-risk AI system obligations under Annex III. On the exam, remember that this falls squarely under the 1.0 AI Governance Overview domain.
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The EU AI Act's phased implementation schedule establishes three key milestones: February 2025 for prohibited AI practices, August 2025 for GPAI model obligations including codes of practice for systemic risk models, and August 2026 for the full set of high-risk AI system obligations under Annex III. GPAI models with systemic risk—broadly defined as those trained using more than 10^25 FLOPs—face additional safety evaluation, adversarial testing, and incident reporting obligations that must be in place by August 2025. Providers should note that the August 2025 deadline also applies to GPAI transparency and copyright compliance obligations for all GPAI models regardless of systemic risk designation. The correct answer, "August 2025", directly addresses the scenario described because it aligns with the specific governance requirement in question. The incorrect options ("February 2025", "August 2026", "January 2027") may seem plausible but do not satisfy the core requirement. Understanding the distinction between these concepts is critical for IBM watsonx.governance implementations and is frequently tested in the 1.0 AI Governance Overview section of the certification exam.