Governance · Actor
EU AI Office
The EU body operationalizing the AI Act, including oversight of general-purpose models.
Forecast horizon
Builds technical muscle and codes of practice; its capacity sets the pace of EU enforcement.
Connections
Connections · 9
How this node ties into the rest of the map, and the evidence behind each link.
from · implemented by 7/10
EU AI Act The AI Office enforces the Act's GPAI rules.
+2 growth from · informs 7/10
Participatory System Mapping via Algorithm Registers Municipal algorithm transparency practice feeds the broader European public-sector AI accountability agenda the AI Office stewards.
+7 growth from · implemented by 6/10
AI governance The AI Office operationalizes EU rules.
+2 growth to · constrains 5/10
GPAI Undermining Public-Service AI Safety Governance (Policing) EU AI Office GPAI oversight assumes evaluable model risks that GPAI generality may make hard to operationalize.
+5 growth from · informs 4/10
Trump AI Executive Order / US Export Control Directive on Frontier AI (2026) The US executive order on AI creates a contrasting regulatory approach to the EU AI Act, shaping transatlantic AI governance dynamics.
+4 growth from · informs 4/10
Industry-Wide Jailbreak Severity Scoring Framework An industry-wide jailbreak severity framework could inform EU AI Office GPAI model evaluation criteria.
+4 growth from · informs 4/10
AISPA: User-Centric System Prompt Auditing Opaque commercial system prompts create accountability gaps relevant to GPAI transparency and user-protection enforcement.
+4 growth to · references 4/10
GPAI Governance Mapping across AI Middle-Power Jurisdictions Middle-power GPAI study treats the EU regime as a reference point while mapping non-frontier jurisdictions.
+4 growth from · frames 3/10
WAICO: World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization WAICO's development-first, universal-membership design contrasts with EU AI Office's values-based, safety-focused governance approach.
+3 growthSignal sources
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EU AI Act timeline Aug 2025
EU AI Act obligations for general-purpose AI models applied from 2 Aug 2025; high-risk obligations under Annex III apply from 2 Aug 2026.
EU AI Act — implementation tracker → First binding treaty May 2026
The Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI — the first legally binding international AI treaty — opened for signature in Sep 2024; the EU ratified it on 15 May 2026.
Council of Europe → UN scientific panel Aug 2025
On 26 Aug 2025 the UN General Assembly created an Independent International Scientific Panel on AI (40 experts) and a Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
United Nations →