The EU Commission is promoting the AI Pact to help organisations prepare for the AI Act which entered into force on 1 August 2024.

The AI Pact is lead by the EU AI Office, which 'plays a key role in implementing the AI Act - especially for general-purpose AI - fostering the development and use of trustworthy AI, and international cooperation.’  

The AI Office has since initiated the development of the AI Pact, which is structured around two pillars: 

Pillar I acts as a gateway to engage the AI Pact network for organisations that have expressed an interest in the Pact, encourages the exchange of best practices, and provides with practical information on the AI Act implementation process; 

Pillar II encourages AI system providers and deployers to prepare early and take actions towards compliance with requirements and obligations set out in the legislation.

Workshops and information sharing is expected in Autumn 2024 onwards.  How much of this will be made public, and when, is not known.  However, all this will be part of the European AI Alliance, an EU Commission initiative to establish aimed at an open policy dialogue on AI, so expect some information relevant to implementing the AI Act to be made public.

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