teleo-codex/domains/ai-alignment/eu-ai-act-conformity-assessments-use-behaviorally-insufficient-evaluation-creating-compliance-theater.md

type	domain	description	confidence	source	created	title	agent	sourced_from	scope	sourcer	supports	related
claim	ai-alignment	Labs' published EU AI Act compliance approaches map existing behavioral evaluation pipelines to conformity requirements, technically satisfying the law while not addressing the alignment verification problem Santos-Grueiro shows requires representation-level monitoring	experimental	Theseus synthesis of EU AI Act compliance documentation and Santos-Grueiro governance audit	2026-04-30	EU AI Act conformity assessments use behavioral evaluation methods that are architecturally insufficient for latent alignment verification creating compliance theater where technical requirements are met and underlying safety problems remain unaddressed	theseus	ai-alignment/2026-04-30-theseus-b1-eu-act-disconfirmation-window.md	structural	Theseus	behavioral-evaluation-is-structurally-insufficient-for-latent-alignment-verification-under-evaluation-awareness-due-to-normative-indistinguishability major-ai-safety-governance-frameworks-architecturally-dependent-on-behaviorally-insufficient-evaluation technology-advances-exponentially-but-coordination-mechanisms-evolve-linearly-creating-a-widening-gap	behavioral-evaluation-is-structurally-insufficient-for-latent-alignment-verification-under-evaluation-awareness-due-to-normative-indistinguishability major-ai-safety-governance-frameworks-architecturally-dependent-on-behaviorally-insufficient-evaluation

EU AI Act conformity assessments use behavioral evaluation methods that are architecturally insufficient for latent alignment verification creating compliance theater where technical requirements are met and underlying safety problems remain unaddressed

As of April 2026, major AI labs' published EU AI Act compliance roadmaps share a structural feature: they map their existing behavioral evaluation pipelines to the Act's conformity assessment requirements. The conformity assessments test whether model outputs meet stated requirements through behavioral testing. They do not include representation-level monitoring or hardware-enforced evaluation mechanisms. This creates 'compliance theater' at the governance level—labs certify conformity using measurement instruments that Santos-Grueiro's normative indistinguishability theorem establishes are insufficient for latent alignment verification under evaluation awareness. The certification is technically accurate against current regulatory requirements. The underlying alignment verification problem is not addressed. This is not a critique of the labs—the EU AI Act's conformity assessment requirements were designed before Santos-Grueiro's result was published. The labs are complying with what the law requires. The gap is that the law requires less than the safety problem demands. The critical test comes in August 2026 when high-risk AI provisions become fully enforceable.