Regulation & Ethics
European Union appoints scientific panel to strengthen AI Act enforcement
The European Commission formed a Scientific Panel with 60 experts and an Advisory Forum to support enforcement of general-purpose AI models under the AI Act.
[{"h":"Institutional reinforcement","p":"The European Commission announced in June 2026 the creation of a Scientific Panel with 60 independent experts in frontier AI, engineering, technical auditing and risk assessment, plus an Advisory Forum, to support AI Act enforcement."},{"h":"Focus on general-purpose models","p":"The Panel will focus on general-purpose AI (GPAI) models, systemic risks, model classification, evaluation methodologies and cross-border market surveillance."},{"h":"Code of Practice finalized","p":"In parallel, the Commission published the final version of the Code of Practice on Article 50 of the AI Act (marking and detection of AI-generated content) on June 10, 2026, ahead of the August 2026 deadline. High-risk AI system obligations, meanwhile, were postponed from August 2026 to December 2027."}]