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Software, including AI systems, is to become a “product”: a Czech Civil Code amendment heads to parliament
On 17 August 2026 the Czech government approved an amendment to the Civil Code, which it submitted to the Chamber of Deputies on 3 September 2026 as parliamentary print 295/0. The amendment implements Directive (EU) 2024/2853 on liability…
Signatories of the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content will meet in two task forces from September
From September 2026 the roughly 190 signatories of the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content are to be invited to cooperate in two task forces that the Commission is setting up for the practical implementation of the…
The AI Office has sent its first requests for information to more than thirty companies
Less than a month after the Commission's set of powers over providers of general-purpose AI models became applicable, the AI Office sent its first requests for information under Article 91 of the AI Act to more than thirty companies active…
ChatGPT designated a very large online search engine under the DSA
The Commission has designated ChatGPT as a very large online search engine (VLOSE) and Reddit and Roblox as very large online platforms (VLOPs) under the Digital Services Act (DSA). All three services declared that they reach at least 45…
Virkkunen: loss of control over AI is among the most serious security risks
The most serious security risk posed by artificial intelligence, according to Commission Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen, is what would happen if humans lost control over it. Speaking to the Finnish public broadcaster Yle, she…
Poland's law implementing the AI Act has taken effect: KRiBSI supervision, fines from 28 October
The core part of Poland's Act on Artificial Intelligence Systems of 3 July 2026 (Journal of Laws 2026, item 1003) takes effect in Poland today. The Act creates the national framework for applying the EU AI Act. Its entry into effect is…
EUR-Lex has made available a consolidated text of the AI Act reflecting the Digital Omnibus
EUR-Lex has made available the consolidated text of the AI Act as it stands on 27 July 2026 (document 02024R1689-20260727), the day on which Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, known as the Digital Omnibus on AI, entered into force. The text…
Italy has approved its AI Act implementing decrees, governing supervision, penalties and police biometrics
At its meeting of 4 August 2026 the Italian Council of Ministers approved two legislative decrees aligning national law with the AI Act. The decrees were adopted under the delegation contained in Article 24 of Law No 132/2025 on artificial…
Save for a few exceptions the AI Act becomes applicable, and the Commission starts enforcing the rules
From 2 August 2026 the AI Act becomes applicable save for a few remaining exceptions. Alongside the transparency obligations under Article 50, Article 101, for instance, now also applies. Under it the Commission may impose fines on…
The transparency obligations under Article 50 of the AI Act became applicable
From 2 August 2026 the transparency obligations under Article 50 of the AI Act apply. Providers must design and develop AI systems intended to interact directly with people so that the person concerned knows they are dealing with AI,…