The Scientific Panel of Independent Experts: What Is It And How Does It Work?

AI Act · 1 week ago

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.