The Scientific Panel of Independent Experts: What Is It And How Does It Work?
AI Act Adam Radivojevic
The EU AI Act established a Scientific Panel of up to 60 independent experts to advise the AI Office and national authorities on enforcement of general-purpose AI rules, with members appointed on 1 June 2026. The panel can issue qualified alerts when it suspects a GPAI model poses systemic risks if training compute exceeds 10^25 floating-point operations, and can request information from model providers through the AI Office. The panel's advice on model classification, risk assessment, and evaluation methodologies will directly inform enforcement actions and additional compliance obligations imposed on AI providers.
Why it matters
The scientific panel of independent experts (the Scientific Panel) is a body established under the EU AI Act to support the enforcement of rules on general-purpose AI (GPAI) models and systems. It sits within the Act’s broader governance architecture as one of the three advisory bodies, alongside the AI Board ( established under Article 65) […]
