EU Scientific Panel on AI holds special meeting on frontier risks
The 60 experts who advise the EU AI Office are looking into loss-of-control incidents and have prepared questions for the companies behind the models.
Source of truthdigital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/…/commiss…On October 9 the European Commission held a special meeting of its Scientific Panel on AI. The panel brings together 60 independent experts who advise the EU AI Office and national authorities. It has been investigating recent loss-of-control incidents and, with the AI Office, prepared questions for the companies that developed the models involved. The press release names neither the incidents nor the companies. At the meeting the panel was to present recommendations on frontier AI safety and security risks. Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen said the EU has the first law in the world that addresses systemic risk from AI. The press release does not set out the questions or the content of the recommendations.
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