Article 90: Alerts of Systemic Risks by the Scientific Panel
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The scientific panel may provide a qualified alert to the AI OfficeAI Officemeans the Commission’s function of contributing to the implementation, monitoring and supervision of AI systems and general-purpose AI models, and AI governance, provided for in Commission Decision of 24 January 2024; references in this Regulation to the AI Office shall be construed as references to the CommissionArticle 3(47) where it has reason to suspect that:
(a)
a general-purpose AI modelgeneral-purpose AI modelmeans an AI model, including where such an AI model is trained with a large amount of data using self-supervision at scale, that displays significant generality and is capable of competently performing a wide range of distinct tasks regardless of the way the model is placed on the market and that can be integrated into a variety of downstream systems or applications, except AI models that are used for research, development or prototyping activities before they are placed on the marketArticle 3(63) poses concrete identifiable risk at Union level; or
(b)
a general-purpose AI modelgeneral-purpose AI modelmeans an AI model, including where such an AI model is trained with a large amount of data using self-supervision at scale, that displays significant generality and is capable of competently performing a wide range of distinct tasks regardless of the way the model is placed on the market and that can be integrated into a variety of downstream systems or applications, except AI models that are used for research, development or prototyping activities before they are placed on the marketArticle 3(63) meets the conditions referred to in Article 51.
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Upon such qualified alert, the Commission, through the AI OfficeAI Officemeans the Commission’s function of contributing to the implementation, monitoring and supervision of AI systems and general-purpose AI models, and AI governance, provided for in Commission Decision of 24 January 2024; references in this Regulation to the AI Office shall be construed as references to the CommissionArticle 3(47) and after having informed the Board, may exercise the powers laid down in this Section for the purpose of assessing the matter. The AI OfficeAI Officemeans the Commission’s function of contributing to the implementation, monitoring and supervision of AI systems and general-purpose AI models, and AI governance, provided for in Commission Decision of 24 January 2024; references in this Regulation to the AI Office shall be construed as references to the CommissionArticle 3(47) shall inform the Board of any measure according to Articles 91 to 94.
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A qualified alert shall be duly reasoned and indicate at least:
(a)
the point of contact of the providerprovidermeans a natural or legal person, public authority, agency or other body that develops an AI system or a general-purpose AI model or that has an AI system or a general-purpose AI model developed and places it on the market or puts the AI system into service under its own name or trademark, whether for payment or free of chargeArticle 3(3) of the general-purpose AI modelgeneral-purpose AI modelmeans an AI model, including where such an AI model is trained with a large amount of data using self-supervision at scale, that displays significant generality and is capable of competently performing a wide range of distinct tasks regardless of the way the model is placed on the market and that can be integrated into a variety of downstream systems or applications, except AI models that are used for research, development or prototyping activities before they are placed on the marketArticle 3(63) with systemic risksystemic riskmeans a risk that is specific to the high-impact capabilities of general-purpose AI models, having a significant impact on the Union market due to their reach, or due to actual or reasonably foreseeable negative effects on public health, safety, public security, fundamental rights, or the society as a whole, that can be propagated at scale across the value chainArticle 3(65) concerned;
(b)
a description of the relevant facts and the reasons for the alert by the scientific panel;
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any other information that the scientific panel considers to be relevant, including, where appropriate, information gathered on its own initiative.