Summary of Article 90
- Role of the Scientific Panel in Issuing Alerts: The scientific panel can issue qualified alerts to the AI Office if it identifies risks or systemic conditions associated with general-purpose AI models, providing detailed reasoning and relevant information.
- Commission and AI Office Response to Alerts: Upon receiving a qualified alert, the AI Office and the Commission, in coordination with the Board, can exercise their powers to assess and address the matter, ensuring appropriate measures are taken.
1. The scientific panel may provide a qualified alert to the AI Office where it has reason to suspect that:
(a) a general-purpose AI model poses concrete identifiable risk at Union level; or,
(b) a general-purpose AI model meets the conditions referred to in Article 51.
2. Upon such qualified alert, the Commission, through the AI Office and after having informed the Board, may exercise the powers laid down in this Section for the purpose of assessing the matter. The AI Office shall inform the Board of any measure according to Articles 91 to 94.
3. A qualified alert shall be duly reasoned and indicate at least:
(a) the point of contact of the provider of the general-purpose AI model with systemic risk concerned;
(b) a description of the relevant facts and the reasons for the alert by the scientific panel;
(c) any other information that the scientific panel considers to be relevant, including, where appropriate, information gathered on its own initiative.
