AI Act

Artificial Intelligence Act (EU) 2024/1689 as amended by the AI Omnibus (EU) 2026/1744

Type: EU regulation
Text: EUR-Lex

Key dates

2 February 2025prohibited practices and AI literacy (Art. 4 and 5)
2 August 2025general-purpose AI models (GPAI)
2 August 2026transparency obligations (Art. 50): chatbots, deepfakes, marking of outputs
2 December 2026end of the transition for machine-readable marking (Art. 50(2)) and new bans on intimate deepfakes and CSAM
2 December 2027high-risk systems under Annex III (hiring, credit, education, biometrics)

Features it applies to

Website chatbotSay that a machine is talking. People must see in the very first message that they are not writing to a person. This applies from August 2026, also to chatbots built on someone else’s model.

obchod.cz/objednavky
AssistantAI
Hello, I’m an AI assistant, not a person. How can I help?
Where is my order?
Let me check. Please don’t send me card numbers.
Write a message…Answered by AI
Website chatbot5 lawsThe window in the bottom right corner that answers customers. Since August 2026 it has to introduce itself as AI, and people type more personal data into it than you think.