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EU AI Act transparency rules become enforceable August 2

Disclosure duties for chatbots, synthetic media, and emotion recognition start being enforced, while the high-risk obligations move to later dates.

The European Commission's implementation timeline puts August 2, 2026 as the date the majority of the AI Act's rules apply and enforcement starts at national and EU level, including the Article 50 transparency obligations. Separately, the Digital Omnibus amendments pushed the high-risk system deadlines to December 2027 and August 2028.