The EU AI Act enters into force
European Union · · Policy
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 — the first broad statutory regime for AI systems, including obligations that fall on general-purpose model providers.
Why it matters
The first time training and releasing a general-purpose model carried statutory duties rather than voluntary commitments. Obligations phase in over years, but this is the date the regime began to exist.
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Sources
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The regulation was published in the Official Journal on 12 July 2024, and its own Article 113 states that it enters into force on the twentieth day following publication — 1 August 2024. Both facts are in the archived primary source; the date here is their sum, not an estimate.
- eur-lex.europa.eu Official documentation archived