The EU AI Act Newsletter #104: Experts Take Their Seats

The Commission sets up both the Scientific Panel and the Advisory Forum, publishes a Code of Practice on labelling AI-generated content, and Ireland sets out its presidency priorities. Legislative Process AI Act Scientific Panel announced: The European Commission has established the Scientific Panel as an expert advisory body under Article 68 of the AI Act to support the implementation and enforcement of the AI Act. To this end, 60 world-class independent AI experts have been appointed to advise the AI Office and national authorities on implementation and assessment of the impacts and risks of General-Purpose AI (GPAI) models. Their core responsibilities include alerting the AI Office to systemic risks, advising on GPAI classification and evaluation methodologies, and supporting market surveillance activities, a role that complements the broader stakeholder input provided by the Advisory Forum. The selected experts span fields such as GPAI capability evaluation, risk assessment, technical mitigations, misuse and cyber offence risks, provider cybersecurity, and compute measurement. Appointed in their personal capacity for a renewable two-year term, they were chosen with attention to geographic and gender balance, with a chair and vice-chair to follow. AI Act Advisory Forum: Alongside the Scientific Panel, the European Commission has established [...] ---Outline:(00:39) Legislative Process(05:32) Analyses --- First published: June 16th, 2026 Source: https://artificialintelligenceact.substack.com/p/the-eu-ai-act-newsletter-104-experts --- Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO. ---Images from the article:Apple Podcasts and Spotify do not show images in the episode description. Try Pocket Casts, or another podcast app.