Europe gets its AI enforcement powers on Sunday. The unit wielding them has 36 people.
THE SO WHAT
The EU AI Office is about to get sweeping powers over frontier models with a headcount of just 36 — which means enforcement will likely be selective, precedent-driven, and focused on a few high-profile cases. If you operate in Europe, don’t wait for a knock on the door; map where your use of frontier models could plausibly land in those early test cases.
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