The EU AI Act's August Deadline: What Actually Changed

From 2 August 2026 the AI Office can enforce general-purpose AI rules with fines up to the higher of €15 million or 3% of worldwide turnover, and Article 50 transparency duties apply.

The Digital Omnibus delayed stand-alone high-risk obligations to 2 December 2027 and AI in regulated products to 2 August 2028.

Systems already on the market have until 2 December 2026 for machine-readable marking; the other Article 50 duties started on 2 August.

We found no public fine or formal proceeding as of mid-October 2026, so use the time to add disclosures, labels and crawler rules.

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