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Major model providers must comply with EU AI Act GPAI obligations effective August 2, 2025 with a one-year grace period meaning full enforcement and penalties begin August 2, 2026. Under the EU AI Office direction, any model trained with total computing power exceeding 10^25 FLOPs is classified as systemic risk. The European Commission's AI Office is operational and an implementing act is targeted for Q2 2026 to define enforcement procedures, safeguards, and fines for GPAI model providers. TechRepublic reported the core details. FinancialContent noted additional context. Creati.ai added corroborating details.