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The EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) is the European Union's law on artificial intelligence, regulating AI systems by risk level and setting separate rules for general-purpose AI models. It entered into force on August 1, 2024 and applies in stages; several deadlines were moved by the "AI Omnibus" amendment that entered into force on July 27, 2026.

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Key facts

Checked Oct 9

Legal reference: Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
Entry into force: August 1, 2024
Prohibitions (1–8) and AI literacy: Apply from February 2, 2025
Governance and GPAI obligations: Apply from August 2, 2025
General application, enforcement, transparency rules: From August 2, 2026 ("with some exceptions")
Prohibition 9 (AI nudification apps, AI-generated CSAM): December 2026 (the Commission page gives no day; see L1 for the Omnibus text)
High-risk, Annex III use cases: Extended to December 2, 2027
High-risk in regulated products (Annex I): Extended to August 2, 2028
AI Omnibus: Proposed Nov 19, 2025; political agreement May 7, 2026; in force July 27, 2026
Systemic-risk compute presumption: > 10^25 FLOPs of training compute (Art. 51(2)); the Commission may amend the threshold by delegated act (Art. 51(3))

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Policy · ExplainerThe EU AI Act in October 2026: what actually applies nowThe AI Omnibus pushed high-risk rules to late 2027, but general-purpose AI obligations, transparency duties and EU enforcement are already live. The dates, from official EU sources.Oct 9·9 min read

Policy · ExplainerWhat the EU AI Act means if you only use model APIsYou may never train a model and still be a "provider" under the AI Act. How the roles work, which duties are live in October 2026, and a checklist for teams building on hosted models.Oct 9·8 min read

Policy · NewsEN 18286, the EU AI Act's first harmonised standard, is in the Official Journal: what it covers and what's still missingEN 18286, a quality management system standard for providers of high-risk AI, became the first harmonised standard under the EU AI Act when the Commission published its reference in the Official Journal on October 14, 2026. What EN 18286 covers, what 'presumption of conformity' means, which standards are still pending, and how it fits the AI Act's high-risk deadlines.Oct 20·7 min read

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Policy · ExplainerWhat the EU AI Act means if you only use model APIsYou may never train a model and still be a "provider" under the AI Act. How the roles work, which duties are live in October 2026, and a checklist for teams building on hosted models.Oct 9·8 min read

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