It is crucial that they know those models are safe and that they are not exposing themselves to unacceptable levels of regulatory and liability risk.
If a European startup has to meet safety standards of general-purpose AI models under the AI Act, they will only want to buy models from companies that can assure them that the final product will be safe.
But the information and guarantees that they need are not being offered.
All of this means that European startups have unsafe services that they will be asked to make safe under the AI Act, with limited resources to do so."
