Alerts of Systemic Risks by the Scientific Panel

Updated on 31 July 2024 based on the version published in the Official Journal of the EU dated 12 July 2024 and entered into force on 1 August 2024.

1. The scientific panel may provide a qualified alert to the AI Office where it has reason to suspect that:

1. a general-purpose AI model poses concrete identifiable risk at Union level; or,
2. a general-purpose AI model meets the conditions referred to in Article 51.

2. Upon such qualified alert, the Commission, through the AI Office and after having informed the Board, may exercise the powers laid down in this Section for the purpose of assessing the matter. The AI Office shall inform the Board of any measure according to Articles 91 to 94.

3. A qualified alert shall be duly reasoned and indicate at least:

1. the point of contact of the provider of the general-purpose AI model with systemic risk concerned;
2. a description of the relevant facts and the reasons for the alert by the scientific panel;
3. any other information that the scientific panel considers to be relevant, including, where appropriate, information gathered on its own initiative.