What the EU AI Act means in practice — enforcement dates, provider-vs-deployer duties, and penalties, verified against the primary legal text.
August 2, 2026 was the AI Act's big enforcement date, until a regulation passed six days earlier moved half of it. What switched on, what moved to 2027, who signed the transparency code, and what deployers actually need to do now.
A practical approval checklist for AI assistants: data flow, training exclusion, revocable keys, audit trails, deletion, and a no-cloud fallback.
On August 2, 2026 the EU AI Act's fines activate for AI providers, up to 3% of global turnover. Here's what actually changes if you only use AI tools, and what GDPR still doesn't cover.
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