EU AI Act Amendments Defer and Clarify Obligations

◆ ◆ The Wire takeaway

High-risk AI compliance in Europe has shifted 18 months to two years right, but synthetic media transparency rules land in four months—and the ban on non-consensual intimate content takes effect in December 2026. You have room to rebuild your compliance stack for core systems, but synthetic generation features face an immediate hard stop unless you ship transparency controls now.