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EU’s core data-disclosure requirement for AI models sparks confusion

By Luca Bertuzzi ( August 8, 2025, 08:02 GMT | Comment) -- The European Commission has released a template requiring AI developers to disclose training data under the EU AI Act. However, the scope of a key requirement, listing the top 10 percent of crawled domain names, remains unclear. Confusion centers on whether this should be per content type, known as modality, or in aggregate. How the size of the content should be accounted for is another point of confusion. Such vague wording could incentivize AI firms to limit disclosure. The commission is preparing further guidance, but has so far declined to comment.The European Commission has released a template that AI developers covered under the EU’s AI Act must use to disclose what data they feed to their models. However, the scope of one of the template’s most controversial requirements remains undefined....

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