EU AI Act deadline
High-risk AI inside regulated products
2 August 2028Later
What changes
Annex I products such as machinery and medical devices. Originally August 2027.
Who it touches
Makers of products under EU product-safety law, such as machinery and medical devices, where AI is a safety component.
What to do this week
Find out whether the date touches you at all. AI Compliance Radar takes your product's web address and shows which AI rules you are likely to trigger, with a Gap Register you can work down. Then read the primary text for the duties it flags.
The Heat Map, once a month.
Every AI rule deadline coming up, coloured by how close it is, plus the one risk I would fix first.
The other dates
- 2 August 2026: Most of the EU AI Act applies
- 2 December 2026: New ban and AI content marking
- 2 August 2027: Older general-purpose AI models
- 2 December 2027: High-risk AI in Annex III areas
Source: the AI Omnibus, published in the EU Official Journal on 24 July 2026, as summarised by the Future of Privacy Forum. Last checked 9 November 2026. Put the next deadline on your site.