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The AI Office is part of the EU’s European Commission. It governs all aspects of AI in Europe, such as frontier AI safety and security, innovation, EU competitiveness, application-focused AI regulation, and AI for good. The AI Office has five units, including one for AI safety and one for regulation and compliance.
The AI safety unit aims to prevent large-scale risks from the most advanced AI models and systems. They implement and enforce the General-Purpose AI section of the EU AI Act, the world’s first binding legal framework for frontier AI safety and security. The AI Act compels providers of frontier AI systems to assess and mitigate large-scale risks, report serious incidents, have cybersecurity protections for model weights in place, and protect whistleblowers.
The AI safety unit is involved in drafting legislation, enforcing that companies adhere to their obligations, fostering international cooperation, informing EU member states on AI progress and risks, and strengthening the development and use of trustworthy AI.