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AI Act Digital Omnibus agreed: high-risk deadlines postponed, machinery carved out

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25 August 2026

AI Act Digital Omnibus agreed: high-risk deadlines postponed, machinery carved out

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The image presents artificial intelligence emerging from behind torn cardboard.

On 7 May 2026 the Council and European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on a Digital Omnibus that reshapes the AI Act's implementation timeline and removes machinery from the Act's own list of regulated high-risk products

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Company with 250 or more employees

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    • Robotics and Automation Companies​

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    • Industrial AI

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For robotics and industrial-AI developers, the most consequential change is structural: AI embedded in machinery will now be addressed through delegated acts under the Machinery Regulation rather than the AI Act's separate high-risk regime. For other sectors, stand-alone high-risk obligations move to 2 December 2027 and AI embedded in other regulated products to 2 August 2028.

#AIAct #DigitalOmnibus #IndustrialAI #MachineryRegulation

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