AI in 2026: The EU Delayed Some of Its AI Rules, Not All of Them. Here’s What Already Applies

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Most conversations about AI focus on what the technology can do. A quieter question matters just as much for anyone building, buying, or simply using these tools: what are the rules? In the European Union, that answer changed this summer. A package known as the Digital Omnibus on AI amended the EU’s landmark AI Act,

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