Digital Omnibus pushes AI Act high-risk deadlines to 2027–2028
The Digital Omnibus on AI is the first substantive amendment to the AI Act since 2024 and postpones compliance deadlines for high-risk systems. Analyses say it is not a blanket postponement: for medical devices the deadline is August 2028, while other obligations remain in force.
Who is affected and how
- compliance specialist
- Compliance plans must be redrawn obligation by obligation, because only the deadline for high-risk systems has moved.
- corporate lawyer
- References to deadlines and provider commitments in contracts must be reviewed.
- lawyer
- Clients must be told precisely which obligation has been postponed and which has not.
Sources
- EU AI Act Deadline 2026: What Changed for UK Businessesaligne.ai · Aug 17, 2026
- EU AI Act Practical Guide for 2026 — Risk Tiers, GPAI, August 2 High-Risk Deadline, 90-Day Gap Checklist, and 2026 Readiness Roadmapcompliancestack.ai · Aug 19, 2026
- GPAI obligations under the EU AI Act: Enforcement has started 2 August 2026taylor wessing · Aug 19, 2026
- GPAI obligations under the EU AI Acttaylorwessing.com · Aug 19, 2026
- EU AI Act 2026: the complete guideaiactinsight.eu · Aug 19, 2026
- Digital Omnibus in force: what changed for AI Act deployersagentliability.eu · Aug 17, 2026
- EU AI Act Digital Omnibus: What Hits 2 Dec 2026 (Dates to 2030)lifelogicmedia.com · Aug 18, 2026
- AI Act August 2026: what was postponed, what applies | ME Digitalme-digital.ro · Aug 20, 2026
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