The European Commission president tells Parliament that the models being built will allow hacking at a level never thought possible
In the State of the European Union address in Strasbourg on September 16, Ursula von der Leyen said that “Models being developed will allow hacking on a level we never thought possible,” and that “the dangers of self-improving models are becoming ever more apparent. Incidents of AI agents escaping their environment or inserting malicious code are a mere glimpse.” She said that “CEOs of the most advanced companies tell us that it is time to slow down on the self-recursive models. To pace the frontier,” adding “if the people developing the technology are clear, then we should be too.” She said the EU would work with “like-minded partners like Canada, the United Kingdom and others” on “model evaluation, verification, early warning, AI security and much more.”
European Commission announces enforcement of AI Act transparency and deepfake-marking rules starting 2 August 2026
The Commission stated that from 2 August 2026 its AI Office and national authorities begin enforcing AI Act transparency obligations, requiring interactive AI systems to disclose that users are dealing with AI, requiring AI-generated or AI-edited images, video and audio to be labelled, and requiring machine-readable marks on synthetic content. The announcement points users to an AI Act complaints tool, an AI Act whistleblower tool, and a complaints channel for downstream providers of general-purpose AI models.
ENISA publishes its view on cybersecurity in the frontier AI era, aimed at operational capability against machine-speed threats
Published the same day as the European Commission's EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence, ENISA's report sets out recommendations for national competent authorities, EU policymakers, defenders and service providers on building operational capability against what it calls machine-speed threats. ENISA frames it as an initial framework to be refined with Member States and aligned to the Commission's Action Plan.
European Commission presents EU Action Plan on Cybersecurity and Artificial Intelligence
The European Commission published an Action Plan setting out a structured EU response to the risks and opportunities of advanced AI models for cybersecurity, bringing together Member States, industry and EU-level bodies. Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen said 'AI is transforming the meaning of cybersecurity. And we must keep pace.'