By Luca Bertuzzi ( October 24, 2025, 12:15 GMT | Comment) -- OpenAI, xAI and Mistral could be open to legal risk after the findings of a Dutch privacy probe into election advice this week appeared to expose early violations of the EU AI Act’s rules for general-purpose AI models. The findings, shared with the European Commission, could trigger future scrutiny, could prompt litigation and represent an alarm bell for developers to get their due diligence done for the law's August 2026 applicability deadline.OpenAI, xAI and Mistral could be exposed to early infringements of the EU AI Act’s rules for general-purpose models, following the wake of a Dutch privacy probe into their chatbots providing distorted voting advice....
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