The European Artificial Intelligence Board held its ninth meeting on 17 September, with the Commission publishing a short readout the following day. The Board is the body through which member states and the Commission coordinate enforcement of the AI Act, so its agenda is a reasonable proxy for what European regulators are actually working on.
This meeting was chaired under the Irish Presidency of the Council and was the first attended by Moldova as an observer. Participants discussed the Commission’s enforcement activities and priorities, implementation progress, new frontier capabilities and recent incidents, and Europe’s competitive position. Practical workstreams named include AI literacy recommendations, market surveillance governance and coordination between member states on pre-market conformity assessment. The Commission pointed to the transparency obligations that became applicable on 2 August, alongside the Code of Practice on AI-generated content.
Nothing was decided in public. The readout records discussion rather than outcomes, which is normal for this body but worth stating plainly. The dates are the firmest part: a tenth meeting is expected on 18 November, alongside an Apply AI Summit in Brussels on 17 November, and European AI Innovation Month opens on 14 October with an international summit in Dublin. The readout is on the Commission’s digital strategy site.