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European Commission: every development we track
9 developments and 10 rules, in date order. Built automatically from every development involving this organisation.
- Rule · In forceGBOSA intimate image (incl. deepfake) sharing offences
- Rule · Partly in forceEUEU AI Act
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- EU White Paper on defence lists AI and drones among priority capability gaps
EU money is flowing into military AI while the bloc's main AI law expressly stops at the barracks gate, so defence AI in Europe is governed by procurement terms and national rules rather than the AI Act.
- Rule · In forceGBDeepfake intimate image creation offence
- EU publishes General-Purpose AI Code of Practice ahead of AI Act model duties
It became the practical compliance template for frontier model providers selling into the EU, including systemic-risk assessment and incident reporting duties.
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- Rule · In forceEUGPAI guidelines and training-data summary template
- Ofcom opens Online Safety Act probe into X over Grok sexualised deepfakes
It is the clearest case yet of an AI feature inside a social platform triggering platform-safety law in several jurisdictions at once.
- Rule · Partly in forceGBCrime and Policing Act 2026 (nudification tools, AI CSAM generators)
- EU deal keeps AI medical devices under AI Act high-risk rules, delayed to 2028
Medtech makers selling AI devices in Europe must plan for dual MDR and AI Act conformity, with one extra year to prepare.
- Rule · In consultationEUHigh-risk classification guidelines (draft)
- EU finalises code of practice on marking and labelling AI-generated content
Signing is the simplest way for model providers and publishers to evidence compliance with EU labelling duties now in force.
- Rule · In forceEUAI content marking and labelling code
- EU pushes AI Act duties for hiring and workplace AI back to December 2027
Employers and HR-tech vendors selling into the EU get 16 extra months before conformity, oversight and logging duties for workplace AI apply.
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- Rule · In forceEUDigital Omnibus on AI
- Rule · In forceEUArticle 50 transparency guidelines
- EU Digital Omnibus on AI enters force, delaying high-risk AI Act duties to 2027-28
Providers and public bodies deploying high-risk AI in the EU gain 16-24 months, while the new prohibitions and watermarking deadline arrive in December 2026.
- EU opens call for up to seven AI gigafactories in at least seven member states
It is Europe's main public bet on sovereign frontier-scale compute, and the selected sites will determine where EU model developers can train at scale.
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- EU AI Office gains powers to enforce AI Act rules on general-purpose models
Frontier labs selling in Europe now face a regulator with evaluation access and fining power over their models, not just a voluntary code.
Also on Transparency, not licensing