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Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 amending the AI Act (Digital Omnibus on AI)

The first amendment to the AI Act. Defers high-risk obligations to December 2027 (Annex III) and August 2028 (Annex I), leaves Article 50 transparency on the August 2026 schedule with a short marking grace period, simplifies documentation for SMEs and small mid-caps, and adds a ban on AI-generated intimate imagery.

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At a glance

Acronym: AI Omnibus
Country or region: European Union, European Economic Area
Extraterritorial reach: Yes
Current status: In force
Legally binding: Legally binding
Instrument: National or regional law
Official text: Read the official text

All details 16

Applies to: Industry: All industries
Applies to: Type of AI: All AI systems, Synthetic media and deepfake generation, Generative AI services
Who must comply: AI developers and providers, Deployers and operators, Public bodies
Proposed: 19 Nov 2025
Effective: 27 Jul 2026
Company-size thresholds: Extends SME simplifications to small mid-caps
Enforced by: As for the AI Act: national market surveillance authorities and the European AI Office
Penalty type: Administrative fine, Revenue-based fine
Penalties: No separate penalties; the AI Act sanctions apply to the amended obligations.

Required actions

Apply the new dates: Annex III high-risk obligations from 2 December 2027 and Annex I embedded systems from 2 August 2028 - Systems already on the market on 2 August 2026 must meet the Article 50(2) machine-readable marking duty by 2 December 2026 - Register systems self-assessed as not high-risk in the EU database using the simplified procedure - Do not provide or use AI that generates non-consensual sexual or intimate imagery or child sexual abuse material (new Article 5 prohibition, from 2 December 2026)

Sources

eur-lex.europa.euhttps://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj

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