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EU strikes a deal to delay AI Act high-risk obligations to 2027 and 2028
The Council and European Parliament provisionally agreed on an AI 'omnibus' package that pushes high-risk obligations for stand-alone systems to 2 December 2027 and for AI embedded in regulated products to 2 August 2028. The deal also adds relief for small mid-cap companies and adjusts some watermarking timelines; the Council gave final approval in late June. For compliance teams, it moves the biggest AI Act deadlines out by more than a year, though transparency rules still took effect in August 2026.
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