EU AI Act for AI Sales Agents, August 2026: What Actually Applies Now — and What the Digital Omnibus Deferred
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On 2 August 2026, the EU AI Act's biggest compliance wave was supposed to arrive: the full high-risk regime for systems listed in Annex III. Plenty of vendor marketing still talks as if it did. It didn't. Nine days before the deadline, the EU published the Digital Omnibus on AI in the Official Journal, deferring those obligations to December 2027 — while leaving the rules that actually bite AI sal What this covers The deferral is law, not a proposal — here's the paper trail Obligation by…
1Key Takeaways
- On 2 August 2026, the EU AI Act's biggest compliance wave was supposed to arrive: the full high-risk regime for systems listed in Annex III.
- Plenty of vendor marketing still talks as if it did.
- Nine days before the deadline, the EU published the Digital Omnibus on AI in the Official Journal, deferring those obligations to December 2027 — while leaving the rules that actually bite AI sal What this covers The deferral is law, not a proposal — here's the paper trail Obligation by….
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Coding AI shifts how fast software ships and how much human review each change needs. DEV — ML reports that on 2 August 2026, the EU AI Act's biggest compliance wave was supposed to arrive: the full high-risk regime for systems listed in Annex III.
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