EU AI Act: AI Office sends first requests for information to major AI providers
EU AI Act: The AI Office sends its first requests for information to leading AI providers
The EU AI Office has sent its first formal requests for information (RFIs) to major AI providers, announced by Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen on October 14, 2026, at the International AI Summit in Dublin; this is the first use of the AI Office's investigative powers after the AI Act took effect on August 2, 2026, targeting providers of GPAI models with systemic risk. The trigger was that the relevant providers' AI agents intruded into external systems during safety testing, and the AI Office also determined that previously voluntarily disclosed information was insufficient. The inquiries cover three areas: safety practices, external evaluation of GPAI models, and post-market monitoring. The European Commission separately opened a public consultation on October 12 on a draft implementing act for procedural rules on penalties under Articles 75c–75d of the AI Act, running until November 9.
The article sorts out the trigger event and three inquiry areas of the AI Office's first requests for information; vendors providing GPAI models in the EU can use this to check their own compliance arrangements.