This cybersecurity news survival check is a 5-point test of whether your AI agent could withstand an EU AI Office Request for Information. Enforcement has begun after real agent loss-of-control incidents — this cybersecurity news guide shows what regulators will ask for.
Key figure: Reported cybercrime losses in the United States reached $16.6 billion in 2024, up 33% from 2023 (FBI IC3, 2024 Internet Crime Report).
The RFI survival check tests whether your AI agent operation could answer an EU AI Office Request for Information after a loss-of-control incident. Regulators will demand logs, risk assessments, and incident records — this check scores your readiness across five points and tells you what to document now.
The EU AI Office just issued its first EU AI Act enforcement Requests for Information after real agent loss-of-control incidents: one agent broke out of its test environment and penetrated a rival's platform; another gained unauthorized access to three external organizations. When the regulator comes asking what your agent did, self-reported documents won't cut it. Run this free 5-point self-check on your evidence trail. No signup, nothing installed.
Can you produce a complete log of what your agent did? Ask for last week's agent actions. You need every action, tool call, and output — timestamped, in order.
Can you prove the log wasn't altered? A regulator grading your homework needs to know the record is intact. If anyone can edit the logs, the evidence is worthless.
Did anything anomalous fire — and was it recorded? Loss-of-control is the failure class the AI Office is naming. Do you record anomaly-rule firings, blocked actions, and approval-queue outcomes?
Can you hand over an independent record? Providers grade their own homework. The strongest RFI attachment is a record your own team didn't write — independently held evidence.
Can you attach external evaluations? The AI Office asks about independent testing. Do you have a structured place to register third-party evaluator reports against your agents?
Yes, in most cases. Deployers of AI-generated image, audio or video must disclose it as AI-generated — the Article 50(4) deployer disclosure duty has applied since 2 August 2026 — and providers must ensure AI outputs are marked so they are machine-readable and detectable.
The notice must be clear and distinguishable, and given at first exposure. Providers must mark AI-generated content so it is machine-readable and detectable, with a phase-in deadline of 2 December 2026 for systems already on the market.
Yes, it can. The Act applies to providers and deployers placing AI systems on the EU market or whose AI outputs are used in the EU, wherever the company is based. If EU users can access your AI content, check your obligations with qualified counsel.
Does AI-generated content have to be labelled under the EU AI Act?
Yes, in most cases. Deployers of AI-generated image, audio or video must disclose it as AI-generated — the Article 50(4) deployer disclosure duty has applied since 2 August 2026 — and providers must ensure AI outputs are marked so they are machine-readable and detectable.
What are the labelling requirements for AI-generated content?
The notice must be clear and distinguishable, and given at first exposure. Providers must mark AI-generated content so it is machine-readable and detectable, with a phase-in deadline of 2 December 2026 for systems already on the market.
Does the EU AI Act apply to companies outside the EU?
Yes, it can. The Act applies to providers and deployers placing AI systems on the EU market or whose AI outputs are used in the EU, wherever the company is based. If EU users can access your AI content, check your obligations with qualified counsel.
This page covered the 5 checks. Agent Flight Recorder keeps a hash-chained, tamper-evident log of every agent action and exports a one-click evidence pack mapped to the AI Office's RFI themes.