The EU AI Act Newsletter #113: A Special Meeting on Loss of Control

<p> The Scientific Panel briefs Virkkunen on recent incidents, the AI Office investigates OpenAI and Anthropic, and the first harmonised AI Act standard is published.</p> <p> Welcome to The EU AI Act Newsletter, a brief biweekly newsletter by the Future of Life Institute, bringing you the latest developments and analyses on the EU's artificial intelligence law.</p><p><strong> Developments</strong></p><p> Special meeting of the AI Scientific Panel: On 9 October, Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen and Seán Ó hÉigeartaigh, Chair of the AI Scientific Panel, held a special meeting to inform the Commission's actions following recent loss-of-control incidents. The chair and vice-chair set out what is known about the incidents and what is still unknown. The AI Office has already requested and received serious incident reports and sent requests for information on security practices. Building on these efforts, the Commission will send developers further requests combining the panel's and the AI Office's questions. The meeting also covered evidence on recursive self-improvement and on training techniques that make models harder to monitor. Finally, the chair and vice-chair recommended governing the risks of internal models, strengthening EU capabilities to detect, evaluate and investigate such incidents, setting up an international initiative for information-sharing, common requirements and joint [...]</p> <p>---</p><p><strong>Outline:</strong></p><p>(00:40) Developments</p><p>(06:09) Analyses</p> <p>---</p>
<p><b>First published:</b><br/>
October 20th, 2026 </p>

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