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EU AI Act 2026: what actually changed and what deployers still must do
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Fusion42 · 22 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
The EU AI Act's Digital Omnibus defers high-risk AI obligations to December 2027, but leaves Article 50 transparency rules (chatbot disclosure, synthetic-content marking, deepfake labelling) enforceable from August 2026. Most organisations deploying customer-facing AI face an immediate compliance deadline, not the delayed one.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Frontier Models, Generative AI and Enterprise Software, and 35 sources have reported it between 20 Jul 2026 and 19 Aug 2026.
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If you're running a chatbot or generative tool with European users, you're now 42 days from having to tell people they're talking to a machine - the deferral everyone's talking about doesn't buy you that time. Start marking synthetic content and train your support team to disclose AI use now, because the hard-rock deadline is 2 August 2026, not 2027.
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35 sources · first reported 20 Jul 2026 · latest 19 Aug 2026
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