Mission and tasks
Article 2
1. The Office shall perform the tasks set out in Article 3 for the purposes of implementing and enforcing the forthcoming Regulation laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence (the ‘forthcoming Regulation’). 2. The Office shall have the following additional tasks: (a) contribute to the strategic, coherent and effective Union approach to international initiatives on AI pursuant to Article 7 in coordination with Member States and in line with Union positions and policies; (b) contribute to fostering actions and policies in the Commission that reap the societal and economic benefits of AI technologies pursuant to Article 5; (c) support the accelerated development, roll-out and use of trustworthy AI systems and applications that bring societal and economic benefits and that contribute to the competitiveness and the economic growth of the Union. In particular, the Office shall promote innovation ecosystems by working with relevant public and private actors and the startup community; (d) monitor the evolution of AI markets and technologies. 3. In the performance of the tasks referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, the Office shall: (a) work together with stakeholders, in particular experts from the scientific community and AI developers, pursuant to Article 4; (b) collaborate with relevant Directorate-Generals and services of the Commission pursuant to Article 5; (c) cooperate with all relevant bodies, offices and agencies of the Union, including the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking (EuroHPC JU), pursuant to Article 6; (d) cooperate with authorities and bodies of the Member States on behalf of the Commission.