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The European Commission body established to oversee implementation and enforcement of the EU AI Act, particularly for general-purpose AI models with systemic risk.
The AI Office is the central authority responsible for monitoring compliance of GPAI providers, coordinating with national market surveillance authorities, drafting harmonised standards and codes of practice, and maintaining the EU's central database of high-risk AI systems. Established in early 2024, it is the primary regulatory counterparty for any organization providing GPAI models or operating high-risk systems at EU scale.
Real world example:
A foundation model provider whose training compute exceeds 10^25 FLOPs must report safety testing results to the EU AI Office under the GPAI Code of Practice - the Office's first line of regulatory engagement.
