EU AI Act 2026: what actually changed and what deployers still must do

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. Wire is Fusion42's founder-focused intelligence feed: each story is connected to the funds and startups it names — every one with a live profile on Raise or Scout — so founders can follow the capital and the momentum behind the headline rather than just the headline itself. Wire analysis is one of the live surfaces Arthur reasons over.