
The EU AI Act Newsletter #108: Enforcement Begins
New transparency obligations apply, and the AI Office opens complaint and whistleblower channels.
Up-to-date developments and analyses of the EU AI Act
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New transparency obligations apply, and the AI Office opens complaint and whistleblower channels.

The Commission publishes new transparency guidelines and confirms the Code of Practice on AI-generated content, as attention turns to the EU's enforcement powers taking effect on 2 August.

Experts call for robust enforcement of the rules on general-purpose AI with systemic risk, as the Commission unveils a new plan on advanced AI and cybersecurity.

Parliament gives final approval to the digital omnibus and a "nudifier" ban, while the Commission rolls out labelling icons and FAQs for the AI-generated content transparency Code.

The Commission sets up both the Scientific Panel and the Advisory Forum, publishes a Code of Practice on labelling AI-generated content, and Ireland sets out its presidency priorities.

Enforcement powers, transparency rules, and national implementation as the 2 August deadline approaches.

Digital Omnibus deal struck, transparency guidelines out for consultation, and whether the AI Act is ready for agents.

Talks on delaying the AI Act collapse over industrial AI, Merz diverges from his coalition partner, and Parliament invites Anthropic to a hearing on the Mythos model.

Celebrating 100 editions of the newsletter with Virkkunen's vision for the AI Continent, the Omnibus endgame, and Europe's frontier AI access question.

Beyond the "US innovates, Europe regulates" divide.

MEPs adopted a joint position on simplifying the AI Act with 101 votes in favour, nine against and eight abstentions. The Council agreed on streamlining AI rules.

The 2026 International AI Safety Report was launched at the New Delhi AI Impact Summit. Its lead writer Carina Prunkl makes the case for its importance for AI Act implementation.

Industry groups welcome the AI Omnibus proposals but want them to go further, while civil society organisations warn against rolling back fundamental rights.

At Davos, EU tech chief Henna Virkkunen defended Europe’s AI rulebook arguing that a single EU law is better than a hundred American ones.

Fifty-seven European Parliament lawmakers from across the political spectrum have called for a ban on AI applications that create non-consensual sexual deepfake images.

This first draft of the Code of Practice on transparency of AI-generated content was released aiming to help organisations comply with requirements for marking and labelling such content.

The European Commission is inviting feedback on draft rules for establishing AI regulatory sandboxes as part of the AI Act.

The European Commission has launched a whistleblower tool for reporting suspected breaches of the AI Act directly to the EU AI Office.

The European Commission is expected to propose a year-long delay for key elements of its AI regulation in its forthcoming Digital Omnibus.

CEN and CENELEC have announced exceptional measures to speed up the development of European standards supporting the AI Act.