EU AI Act update, 9 May 2026: current law remains the baseline. The Digital Omnibus provisional agreement would move many high-risk AI obligations to 2 Dec 2027 and product-integrated high-risk AI rules to 2 Aug 2028 if formally adopted. Track status EU AI Act update: current law remains the baseline. Digital Omnibus dates apply only if formally adopted. Track status

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Choose one AI use case. Check whether the EU AI Act may apply, your likely role, the risk path, key records to keep, and vendor questions to ask. No login. No data capture.

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Current-law baseline + Digital Omnibus watch

Use current law. Track proposed delays separately.

2 Aug 2026 baseline

Use this date until amended text is formally adopted and published.

2 Dec 2027 planning track

Many stand-alone high-risk AI duties may move here if adopted.

2 Aug 2028 product track

Product-related high-risk AI rules may follow this later track if adopted.

Digital Omnibus planning routes

Use current law as the baseline. Route the proposed 2026-2028 changes separately.

The 7 May 2026 Digital Omnibus outcome is still a provisional agreement. Use the router and related guides to separate current-law evidence work from the proposed 2027, 2028, standards-readiness, and small mid-cap planning tracks.

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EU AI Compass is a no-login resource. It helps teams structure evidence without uploading sensitive AI system details into a SaaS workflow. It saves only consent choices and selected tool progress in your browser. Google Analytics is not used in this version.

Check official dates against European Commission and AI Act Service Desk sources before publication, procurement, or legal decisions.

Frequently Asked Questions

Start by checking whether the EU AI Act may apply and what role your organisation may have. Then build an AI inventory and route each system to risk, evidence, Article 50, vendor, and deadline checks.

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No. EU AI Compass provides educational tools and checklists. It does not decide legal status, certify compliance, or replace qualified advice.

Start with the Audit Questions Hub. Then use the evidence checklist and AI inventory guide to identify owners, vendors, risk status, Article 50 signals, evidence logs, impact review needs, and incident gaps.

You can read any guide first, but the inventory is the control point. Without a list of systems, owners, purposes, vendors, users, data, and evidence locations, the team cannot route duties reliably.

Treat 2 August 2026 as the current-law baseline until amended text is formally adopted and published. Keep evidence work moving because inventories, role checks, vendor evidence, Article 50 review, oversight records, and audit files remain useful under either timing scenario.

Check scope first. Build records next.

Check scope and role, then route the system to inventory, vendor evidence, Article 50, impact review, incident, and audit records.