AI Governance

EU governance body

European AI Office

The European AI Office sits inside the European Commission and supports implementation and enforcement of the EU AI Act, including work on general-purpose AI models.

Last reviewed 2026-08-22

Geographic scope
European Union
Areas of work
AI Act implementation, General-purpose AI, Enforcement support

Why it is relevant to AI governance

It is a central institutional piece of EU AI Act implementation. It is not a substitute for the legal text of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, and it is not a voluntary ethics board.

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