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  • PRESS RELEASE
  • Publication 16 June 2025

Commission seeks experts for AI Scientific Panel

The European Commission is setting up a scientific panel of independent experts to support the implementation and enforcement of the AI Act.

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The panel will focus on general-purpose AI (GPAI) models and systems, advising the EU AI Office and national authorities on systemic risks, model classification, evaluation methodologies, and cross-border market surveillance. It will also alert the AI Office of emerging risks.

The Commission looking for 60 members for a renewable 24-month term.

Candidates should have expertise in GPAI models and systems, AI impacts, or related fields, such as model evaluation, risk assessment and mitigations, cybersecurity, emerging systemic risks, and compute measurements and thresholds. Experts must have a PhD or equivalent experience and remain independent of any AI provider.

The selection process will ensure gender balance and representation across EU Member States and EEA/EFTA countries. While EU citizenship is not a requirement, 80% of the experts must be from the EU or EFTA Member States.

Applications are open until 14 September. For more information download the document below.

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Call for expression of interest for the establishment of a Scientific panel of independent experts in the field of artificial intelligence and its impacts
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