Originally published on AI Tech Connect.
What changed on 7 May On 7 May 2026, after roughly nine hours of negotiations, the European Parliament, the Council of the EU and the European Commission reached a political agreement at their third political trilogue on the AI Omnibus — a package also referred to as the Digital Omnibus. The agreement clears the path to postpone the most demanding part of the EU AI Act: the obligations attached to high-risk AI systems, which were originally due to apply from 2 August 2026. The headline is simple to state and easy to misread, so it is worth being precise. The high-risk rules have not been scrapped. They have not been watered down in substance. What the Omnibus does is move the dates. Under the agreement, the obligations for stand-alone high-risk AI systems would apply from 2 December 2027,…
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