# General-purpose AI model

> This definition applies to the European Union under the AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689).

- Article: Art. 3(63)

## Introduction

Definition of a general-purpose AI model under the EU AI Act.

## Content

an AI model, including where such an AI model is trained with a large amount of data using self-supervision at scale, that displays significant generality and is capable of competently performing a wide range of distinct tasks regardless of the way the model is placed on the market and that can be integrated into a variety of downstream systems or applications, except AI models that are used for research, development or prototyping activities before they are placed on the market;

## Official source
- [Source](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/FR/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32024R1689#art_3)