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title: "Loss of control"
description: "One of the systemic risks the GPAI Code of Practice specifies: risks from humans losing the ability to reliably direct, modify or shut down a model, which may emerge from misalignment…"
canonical: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/glossary/loss-of-control
author: "Jorge García Aibar"
license: "CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)"
doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22956197
version: "0.5.0"
updated: 2026-09-25
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# Loss of control

One of the systemic risks the GPAI Code of Practice specifies: risks from humans losing the ability to reliably direct, modify or shut down a model, which may emerge from misalignment, self-replication, deception, resistance to goal modification or power-seeking [1]. Signatories assess it for models with systemic risk; a deployer of agents asks how autonomy and tool use were evaluated.

- Developed in: [ch. 23, EU AI Act hooks for agents](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governing-agents#eu-ai-act-hooks-for-agents); [ch. 08, GPAI Code of Practice](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/regulatory-map#gpai-code-of-practice)
- Chapters: [ch. 08, Regulatory Map](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/regulatory-map) · [ch. 23, AI Agents](https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/governing-agents)
- In the glossary chapter: https://aigovernanceengineer.com/bok/glossary#t-loss-of-control

## Sources

[1] General-Purpose AI Code of Practice, Safety and Security chapter (Commitment 9, serious incident reporting, Measure 9.2; Appendix 1.4 specified systemic risks, incl. loss of control). European Commission. 2025-07-10. https://ec.europa.eu/newsroom/dae/redirection/document/118119 (verified: primary)