Originally published on AI Tech Connect.
What actually changed On 31 August 2026 the European Commission designated ChatGPT a Very Large Online Search Engine under the Digital Services Act. Reddit and Roblox were designated Very Large Online Platforms in the same decision round. All three services exceed the DSA’s threshold of 45 million average monthly users in the EU. Press reports put ChatGPT at approximately 159.1 million, Reddit at 57.2 million and Roblox at 46.6 million. The clock is four months from notification, which lands in January 2027. Several summaries in circulation say December 2026. They are wrong. The duties centre on systemic risk. The Commission describes them as assessing and mitigating “the systemic risks stemming from their service and algorithmic systems related to the dissemination of illegal content,…
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