{"slug": "commission-holds-special-meeting-of-scientific-panel-on-frontier-ai-safety-and", "title": "Commission holds special meeting of Scientific panel on frontier AI safety and risks", "summary": "The European Commission convened a special meeting of its Scientific Panel on frontier AI safety and risks, which has been investigating recent loss-of-control incidents and, with the Commission's AI Office, drafted questions for the companies that developed the models involved. The 60-member panel of independent experts advises the EU AI Office and national authorities on systemic risks, model classification, evaluation methodologies and cross-border market surveillance, and presented recommendations to the Commission at the meeting. Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen attended, saying \"the EU has the first law in the world that addresses systemic risk from AI, and we need state-of-the-art scientific input.", "body_md": "The panel has been investigating recent loss-of-control incidents, and together with the Commission’s AI Office, has worked on a set of questions for the companies that developed the models involved. Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, will attend the meeting.\n\nThe Scientific Panel brings together 60 world-leading independent experts who advise the EU AI Office and national authorities on systemic risks, model classification, evaluation methodologies, and cross-border market surveillance. During the meeting, the panel will present recommendations to the Commission on frontier AI safety and security risks.\n\nExecutive-Vice President Henna **Virkkunen** said: “The EU has the first law in the world that addresses systemic risk from AI, and we need state-of-the-art scientific input. AI capabilities are advancing rapidly, but with a strong legal framework, decisive enforcement and the best scientific minds supporting this work, Europe can lead in ensuring safe and secure AI.”\n\nFind out more about the [Scientific Panel on artificial intelligence (AI)](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/ai-scientific-panel)", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/commission-holds-special-meeting-of-scientific-panel-on-frontier-ai-safety-and", "canonical_source": "https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-holds-special-meeting-scientific-panel-frontier-ai-safety-and-risks", "published_at": "2026-10-09 07:16:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-23 11:14:52.443340+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety", "ai-policy", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["European Commission", "Scientific Panel on artificial intelligence", "EU AI Office", "Henna Virkkunen"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/commission-holds-special-meeting-of-scientific-panel-on-frontier-ai-safety-and", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/commission-holds-special-meeting-of-scientific-panel-on-frontier-ai-safety-and.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/commission-holds-special-meeting-of-scientific-panel-on-frontier-ai-safety-and.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/commission-holds-special-meeting-of-scientific-panel-on-frontier-ai-safety-and.jsonld"}}