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EU AI Act Deadlines After the Digital Omnibus: What Applies From December 2026 to August 2028
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Fusion42 · 13 October 2026 · Fusion42 review
The EU Digital Omnibus regulation delays key AI Act compliance deadlines for stand-alone high-risk AI systems to December 2027 and extends deadlines for AI embedded in regulated products to August 2028, while maintaining earlier transparency obligations and introducing new bans on AI producing child sexual abuse and non-consensual intimate imagery by December 2026.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI & ML, and 3 sources have reported it between 6 Oct 2026 and 16 Oct 2026.
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You must accelerate compliance on existing transparency and generative AI marking duties before December 2026 or face penalties. Delays in high-risk system dates open a window to launch or modify products now without immediate compliance, but that window closes fast.
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3 sources · first reported 6 Oct 2026 · latest 16 Oct 2026
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