The EU AI Act from 2 August 2026: what actually applies and what to report to the board

The Digital Omnibus has postponed the obligations on high-risk AI systems, but it has not modified the general date of application of the AI Act. As a consequence, as of the 2nd of August 2026, the enforcement powers on general purpose AI models, the transparency obligations under Article 50 and the entire sanctioning framework become fully enforceable. In this episode of Diritto al Digitale, Giulio Coraggio, technology and data lawyer of the global law firm DLA Piper, reviews what is actually applicable as of today, the operational implications of the requalification from deployer into provider, what Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 has postponed to December 2027 and August 2028, and why the actual obstacle to compliance is not the legal text, but the absence of an allocated accountability. With a concrete five-point board paper for in-house legal functions.Send us Fan Mail📌 You can find our contacts 👉 www.dlapiper.com