EU Officials to Meet in Brussels to Discuss Global AI Rules

Government officials from EU member states will gather in Brussels on September 17 to discuss how to craft global rules to address threats posed by new AI models, during a meeting of the European Artificial Intelligence Board. Discussions are expected to focus on ongoing work at the G7, G20 and the United Nations.

According to two EU diplomats and a draft agenda seen by POLITICO, the European Commission will brief participants on the latest developments in EU and international AI policy, and hold a technical briefing on recent AI incidents. The board, composed of representatives from each member state, meets regularly to oversee the implementation of the EU AI Act.

The meeting comes as leaders of major AI companies, including Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, have called for a slowdown in AI development. US President Donald Trump dismissed such safety warnings, saying a pause would give China an advantage in the field.

Henna Virkkunen, the European Commission’s executive vice-president for tech sovereignty, spoke on September 11 about global AI rules and international cooperation. She noted that the EU already has binding laws requiring companies such as OpenAI and Anthropic to assess and mitigate risks of AI models going out of control, but that this has not yet been achieved at a global level. Brando Benifei, the European Parliament’s lead lawmaker on AI, pressed the Commission on September 15 to advance global AI cooperation and have it included in Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union address delivered on September 16. “We need international cooperation, with the United States and with China,” he said.