EU says necessary to monitor high risk AI systems after OpenAI, Anthropic AI hacking incidents

BRUSSELS, July 31 : Artificial intelligence 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 before Europe's landmark AI Act with transparency rules kick in, the first in the world to regulate a technology used in almost all sectors of businesses and society. Anthropic said on Thursday 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.Both companies have briefed the Commission on the AI incidents, the officials told reporters. "We have been informed by the two providers of inci