Providers of systemic-risk GPAI models must track and report serious incidents to the AI Office

Practical action

Define serious-incident criteria for the model, a tracking log and an AI Office notification template with owner and clock.

Who does it apply to?

Providers of general-purpose AI models classified as having systemic risk under Article 51.

Actors

General-purpose AI model provider

Sectors

Cross-sector / all sectors

Use cases

Generative AI and foundation models

Applies from: 2 August 2025

Which controls meet this duty?

Satisfies: the control, operated properly, does the work the duty asks for. Supports: it contributes but the duty needs more. Each control page lists every other duty it serves, so work done once can be counted once.

• satisfiesProcessIncident coordinator · continuous
  AI incident management and regulatory reporting

  Serves 14 recorded duties · evidence: AI incident response playbook, AI incident record, Incident report to an authority

  Model-level incident criteria, log and AI Office reporting.

• supportsPolicyHead of AI safety · annual
  Frontier model safety and security framework

  Serves 9 recorded duties · evidence: Published frontier safety framework, Dangerous-capability evaluation report, Threshold notification to an authority

  Framework defines the incident types and escalation.

Templates that cover this duty

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• EU AI Act Role and Risk Classifier

  Checklist · XLSX · v4

• AI Incident Response Playbook and Log

  Procedure · DOCX and XLSX · v3

• EU AI Act Article 50 Transparency Kit

  Kit · DOCX and XLSX · v44

• ISO/IEC 42001 Gap Assessment and Statement of Applicability

  Assessment · XLSX · v3

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What evidence would a reviewer expect?

Framework mappings

Original editorial crosswalks. They cite clause numbers only and reproduce no standard text; confidence reflects how direct the mapping is.

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Frequently asked questions

Cite this record

AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Providers of systemic-risk GPAI models must track and report serious incidents to the AI Office (EU AI Act)” [AIPT-OBL-0045, verified 26 September 2026]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-OBL-0045 (accessed 8 November 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.

Permanent id AIPT-OBL-0045: it never changes or gets reused, and its address keeps working if this page moves.

Cite the official text alongside it: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence, Official Journal of the European Union, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj.

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Similar obligations in other instruments

• Report serious incidents to market surveillance authorities — EU AI Act, European Union
• Providers must take corrective action and inform the supply chain about non-conforming high-risk AI — EU AI Act, European Union
• Report critical safety incidents to the Office of Emergency Services — California SB 53, California (United States)
• Implement reasonable security safeguards and notify breaches — India DPDP Act, India
• Developers must notify the Attorney General and deployers of discovered algorithmic discrimination — Colorado AI Act, Colorado (United States)
• Deployers must notify the Attorney General of discovered algorithmic discrimination — Colorado AI Act, Colorado (United States)