the eu ai act audit deadline just moved 16 months. here's what didn't change.

may 7 2026 - the eu council and parliament agreed to move high-risk obligations under annex iii from aug 2 2026 to dec 2 2027. annex i (ai embedded in regulated products) moves to aug 2 2028. every buyer i talked to today asked the same question - do i still need to act now. the answer is yes, and the reason isn't legal, it's operational. what the omnibus actually delayed the deadline to be compliant the fines if you're not what the omnibus did not delay article 12 logs (immutable, 6mo retention