EU scientific panel on AI meets over loss-of-control incidents
The European Commission's Scientific Panel on AI, which has been looking into recent loss-of-control incidents, will present recommendations on frontier AI safety and security risks.
AI illustrationThe European Commission held a special meeting of its Scientific Panel on artificial intelligence on Friday. The panel has been looking into recent loss-of-control incidents involving AI models.
According to the Commission, the panel will put forward recommendations on frontier AI safety and security risks during the meeting. Together with the Commission's AI Office, the panel has also prepared a set of questions for the companies that developed the models involved in those incidents.
Henna Virkkunen, the Commission's Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, was set to attend.
The panel gathers 60 independent experts. They advise the EU AI Office and national authorities on systemic risks, model classification, evaluation methodologies and cross-border market surveillance.
Virkkunen said the EU has the first law anywhere that deals with systemic risk from AI, and that it needs state-of-the-art scientific input. She also said AI capabilities are advancing rapidly, and pointed to a strong legal framework, decisive enforcement and leading scientific expertise.