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Sejm appoints Pamela Krzypkowska as head of Poland's AI regulator KRiBSI

On September 18, 2026, the Sejm appointed Pamela Krzypkowska as Chair of KRiBSI, Poland's market surveillance authority for AI systems. The Senate consented on September 24, 2026, and both resolutions appeared in Monitor Polski on September 25, 2026.

Archive entry: this covers an event from September 18, 2026, and we published it on November 8, 2026. The details come from sources dated at the time and may have changed since.

On September 18, 2026, the Sejm adopted a resolution appointing Pamela Krzypkowska as Chair of the Komisja Rozwoju i Bezpieczeństwa Sztucznej Inteligencji (KRiBSI), Poland's AI regulator, as recorded in the Sejm voting records.

What was decided

  • In vote no. 23 of the 65th sitting, 435 voted: 271 for, 24 against and 140 abstained. The required absolute majority was 218.
  • The Senate consented to the appointment by a resolution of September 24, 2026. Both resolutions were published in Monitor Polski on September 25, 2026, as M.P. 2026 poz. 945 (Sejm) and M.P. 2026 poz. 946 (Senate).
  • Art. 28 of the act on AI systems of July 3, 2026 provided for the Sejm to appoint the chair with the Senate's consent for a 5-year term, with a limit of 2 terms for the same person.
  • Art. 125 required the chair to be appointed within 2 months of the act's entry into force on August 11, 2026, and to convene the first KRiBSI meeting within 3 months.

What it means for AI builders in Poland

Polish AI builders learned who would lead the regulator that was to supervise AI Act compliance in Poland, issue individual opinions and run the AI regulatory sandboxes. KRiBSI was the market surveillance authority for AI systems within the meaning of art. 70(1) of the AI Act and acted as the single point of contact. It consisted of the chair, two deputy chairs and four members nominated by the President of UOKiK, the KNF, the KRRiT and the President of UKE.

Background

According to KRiBSI's announcement, Krzypkowska spent several years at Microsoft as a Cloud Solution Architect and then became Director of the Ministry of Digital Affairs' Department of Research and Innovation, where her responsibilities included national AI policy, the PLLuM programme, AI in public services and AI computing infrastructure. The announcement also said she co-authored Poland's AI development policy. The act capped related state budget spending at PLN 9.30 million in 2026 and PLN 23.74 million in 2027, rising each year to PLN 29.68 million in 2035 (art. 126).

Sources

Written with AI assistance, strictly from the sources listed above. Before it went live, automated checks verified its dates, sources and every language edition.

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