The EU AI Office is hiring approximately 40 additional contractual agents, including technology specialists, legal officers, and operations staff, with an application deadline of September 8, 2026. This hiring surge indicates the office is preparing for a Q4 enforcement wave, having already issued formal Requests for Information under Article 91 to over 30 General Purpose AI providers, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google. The office has not issued any fines in the first 32 days of enforcement, instead prioritizing information gathering to build a comprehensive evidentiary record. For financial institutions, this signals that EU AI Act enforcement is becoming active and could impose compliance costs on any institution using or contracting with AI providers subject to EU regulation.
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