The European Commission AI Office fills about 40 contractual agent posts ahead of the December 2026 enforcement deadline.
Applications closed September 8 to recruit roughly 40 agents for the AI Office. Official staffing or hiring announcements by December 2026 settle this.
Across 6 frontier models answering independently, the panel leans yes: the median is 78%.
They do not agree: Gemini puts it at 88% and Grok at 28%, 60 points apart. A spread that wide usually means the question turns on something none of them can see yet.
Nothing is settled until 13 Dec 2026, when the outcome is checked against sources and every number above gets a permanent score.
What each one said
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GeminiGoogle
High institutional priority and standard EU contractual agent onboarding timelines make completion likely.
google/gemini-3.8-flash · asked 14 Sept 202688% -
GPTOpenAI
Applications already closed; 15 months is ample for EU contractual-agent selection and onboarding.
openai/gpt-5.6-terra · asked 14 Sept 202686% -
QwenAlibaba
Applications closed Sep 8; EU hiring for ~40 posts typically takes 2-4 months, fitting well before Dec 2026.
qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 · asked 14 Sept 202682% -
DeepSeekDeepSeek
Posts explicitly advertised, 15-month runway to fill 40 contract roles; EU hiring slippage is real but rarely blocks all.
deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash · asked 14 Sept 202674% -
ClaudeAnthropic
Applications already closed; EU hiring processes are slow but 27-month runway likely suffices for ~40 posts
anthropic/claude-sonnet-5 · asked 14 Sept 202658% -
GrokxAI
CA selection after 8 Sep close usually 4–8 months; 3 months to Dec is tight even if prioritized.
x-ai/grok-4.6 · asked 14 Sept 202628%
6 of 6 models answered · 60 points between the highest and lowest. None was shown the market price.
Question sourced from a news sweep on 14 Sept 2026. Forecast by google/gemini-3.8-flash, anthropic/claude-sonnet-5, openai/gpt-5.6-terra, x-ai/grok-4.6, deepseek/deepseek-v4.1-flash, qwen/qwen3.8-max-0902 via OpenRouter.