Poland Names First Candidate to Lead New AI Regulator

Poland now has a name for its first candidate to lead the national artificial intelligence regulator. Pamela Krzypkowska, until recently director of the Department of Research and Innovation at the Ministry of Digital Affairs, is the only person to enter the race for chair of the Commission for AI Development and Security (Komisja Rozwoju i Bezpieczeństwa Sztucznej Inteligencji, KRiBSI), according to ITwiz.

Krzypkowska has more than a decade of experience in the tech industry. At the Ministry of Digital Affairs, according to ITwiz, she led Poland's strategy for responsible digitalization in the age of AI. Previously she worked as an AI Cloud Solution Architect at Microsoft, where she ran artificial intelligence projects for the largest clients in Poland, covering MLOps as well as the development and implementation of models, including generative ones. She also lectures at Kozminski University (Akademia Leona Koźmińskiego) and the Warsaw University of Technology (Politechnika Warszawska).

Who is the candidate

Under the law, candidates for the commission's chair could be submitted until September 14 by a limited group of entities specified in the regulations. So far only one name is on the list. The day after the submission deadline, September 15, a public hearing of candidates, requested by non-governmental organizations according to Gazeta Prawna, will take place at the Senate building. The event is expected to be open to the media, with the broadcast available online.

What the new commission will do

The Commission for AI Development and Security, known by its Polish acronym KRiBSI, is meant to be the main element of Poland's national system for implementing the EU AI Act. According to ITwiz's description, its powers include conducting administrative proceedings and inspections, issuing decisions, and imposing sanctions for violations of artificial intelligence regulations. It is not, however, a purely punitive body. The commission is also meant to play a development-oriented role, running free regulatory sandboxes aimed mainly at small and medium-sized companies testing AI solutions, and issuing official interpretations of the law and opinions on the application of the AI Act.

Representatives of four other supervisory institutions are set to take part in the commission's work: the Office of Competition and Consumer Protection (UOKiK), the Office of Electronic Communications (UKE), the Polish Financial Supervision Authority (KNF), and the National Broadcasting Council (KRRiT). This composition is meant to combine sector-specific expertise covering digital services, telecommunications, finance and media, areas where AI systems are already used on a large scale.

Legal basis and timeline

The KRiBSI chair is appointed under Article 28 of the law of July 3, 2026 on artificial intelligence systems, through which Poland is implementing the EU AI Act. The chair is appointed for a five-year term by the Sejm with the Senate's consent. Before that, the chamber still had to amend its own rules of procedure to formally open the path to holding the election, a separate procedural step that preceded the current stage of candidate submissions and the public hearing.

This is a matter that will be one of the most important things for the Polish state in the near future, one that will shape the functioning of minds, state institutions and private institutions alike - Włodzimierz Czarzasty, Marshal of the Sejm

What it means for businesses

For Polish companies using artificial intelligence systems, the creation of KRiBSI means the emergence of a single, concrete address for complaints, inspections and any AI Act-related penalties, matters that until now have been scattered across various sector-specific agencies. At the same time, the offer of free regulatory sandboxes for SMEs could lower the cost of legally testing new solutions before they reach the market.

Another test for the new institution will be the pace of its own creation. The law has been taking effect in stages since August, and the chair position is still waiting to be filled. Only after the September 15 hearing and votes in the Sejm and Senate will the commission be able to start operating at full capacity.