EU's AI Code of Practice Hits Its First Real Test

The structural problem now facing GPAI providers is that the Code of Practice was designed as a bridge instrument — voluntary, intended to operate alongside a more fully developed legislative framework. That framework has not arrived. The Digital Omnibus reform talks that collapsed on 29 April were the mechanism through which the Act's obligations would have been sharpened; without that agreement, the Code's voluntary commitments are the only operative compliance anchor for providers. Enterprises signing on are not gaining legal certainty — they are accepting implementation obligations under an instrument…