BRUSSELS, July 31 — Artificial intelligence (AI) developers should have in place tools to monitor their systems for security risks, senior European Commission officials said on Friday, following hacking incidents by OpenAI and Anthropic AI models.
The comments came two days ahead of Europe's landmark AI Act, with transparency rules kicking in, the first in the world to regulate a technology used in almost all sectors of business and society.
On Thursday, Anthropic said that some of its Claude AI models had hacked into the systems of three companies during cybersecurity tests, days after rival OpenAI revealed that one of its AI agents went on a rogue attack.
The officials told the media that both companies have briefed the Commission on the AI incidents.
"We have been informed by the two providers of incidents bilaterally before they become public. We are in contact with them.
"They will also report more information to us as we speak. We will also see if we need to follow up more formally on those things," one of the officials said.
Another official talked up the crucial role of Europe's AI rules.
"So I think all these, let us say, incidents highlight the importance of really putting in place the necessary monitoring activities by the developers," the official said.
The AI rules require providers of general-purpose AI or foundation models to prepare technical documentation, adopt copyright policies, and provide detailed summaries of the content used for algorithm training.
