The AI Act already applies to you — and not for the reason the headlines gave
On 2 August the bulk of the EU AI Act became applicable. Six days earlier, the Digital Omnibus on AI (Regulation EU 2026/1744, in force since 27 July) pushed high-risk obligations to December 2027 and August 2028. What does apply from 2 August is Article 50 — transparency — with fines of up to €15M or 3% (the lower amount for SMEs) and a date almost nobody wrote down: 2 December 2026. What actually changed, where Article 25 really bites, and the inventory checklist we run on a Microsoft 365 tenant.