AI Act: transparency obligations from 2 August 2026; high-risk obligations postponed
2 August 2026 remains an application date for the Article 50 transparency obligations. The Digital Omnibus on AI moves high-risk obligations to 2 December 2027 (Annex III) and 2 August 2028 (Annex I).
Through the Digital Omnibus on AI, the European Union has amended the timeline of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act). The text was published in the Official Journal of the European Union in July 2026.
What applies from 2 August 2026
- The Article 50 transparency obligations, including the duty to inform people that they are interacting with an AI system.
- For systems generating synthetic content (audio, images, video, text) already on the market, the Article 50(2) content marking has a transition period until 2 December 2026.
What is postponed
- High-risk systems under Annex III (Article 6(2)): from 2 December 2027 instead of 2 August 2026.
- High-risk systems embedded in regulated products under Annex I (Article 6(1)): from 2 August 2028 instead of 2 August 2027.
AI literacy
The Article 4 obligation remains in a softened form: providers and deployers must support the development of AI literacy among their staff.
Official sources
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