The transparency requirements of the EU AI Regulation come into force

Since 2 August 2026, the European Commission has been enforcing the new transparency rules under the AI Act, with fines of up to €15 million or 3 per cent of global turnover.

As of 2 August 2026, the European AI Office and national authorities have started enforcing the transparency obligations under Article 50 of the EU AI Act. Providers and deployers of certain AI systems must now comply with them, or face fines of up to €15 million or 3% of global annual turnover, whichever is greater.

At the same time, the application of the rules on autonomous high-risk systems has been postponed to 2 December 2027, and to August 2028 for high-risk systems integrated into products. The regulation also provides for a ban, from December, of AIs capable of generating nude images of real people or retouching photos to reveal their private parts.