www.lesswrong.com/posts/rWc6BT8BcoPhwcbSs/ai-safety-has-12-months-left
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across the EU (compliance deadlines pushed to 2027-2028)
This overstates how far EU AI regulation has been delayed. The EU AI Act already has obligations in force, with major milestones in 2025 and 2026 and full roll-out by August 2, 2027—not a general push to 2027–2028.
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The post says EU compliance deadlines were "pushed to 2027-2028," but the European Commission’s own implementation timeline says the AI Act is already applying in stages:
- February 2, 2025: prohibitions and AI-literacy obligations began applying.
- August 2, 2025: governance rules and obligations for general-purpose AI models became applicable.
- August 2, 2026: most remaining AI Act rules, including the majority of enforcement, begin to apply.
- August 2, 2027: the remaining rules for certain high-risk AI embedded in regulated products apply.
The Commission’s main AI Act overview likewise says the Act entered into force on August 1, 2024, is fully applicable two years later on August 2, 2026 with some exceptions, and gives August 2, 2027 as the extended transition period for one subset of high-risk systems.
So the broad parenthetical claim that EU compliance deadlines were "pushed to 2027-2028" is inaccurate. There may be some implementation adjustments or support tools under the later simplification proposal, but the EU’s official timeline does not show a general shift of compliance to 2027–2028; substantial obligations were already in force in 2025 and more arrive in 2026.
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- AI Act | Shaping Europe's digital future
The AI Act entered into force on 1 August 2024, and will be fully applicable 2 years later on 2 August 2026, with some exceptions: prohibited AI practices and AI literacy obligations entered into application from 2 February 2025; the governance rules and the obligations for GPAI models became applicable on 2 August 2025; the rules for high-risk AI systems ... until 2 August 2027.
- Timeline for the Implementation of the EU AI Act | AI Act Service Desk
The EU's AI Act legislation applies progressively, with a full roll-out foreseen by 2 August 2027. 02 Feb 2025 ... prohibitions apply; 02 Aug 2025 Rules for general-purpose AI apply; 02 Aug 2026 The majority of rules of the AI Act come into force; 02 Aug 2027 Rules for high-risk AI embedded in regulated products apply.