AI | Regulation
EU Rejects ‘Stop-the-Clock’: What the 2026 EU AI Act Compliance Deadlines Mean for Builders, CIOs, and Legal Teams
Europe just told the global AI industry there’s no more time to negotiate with the calendar. With the European Commission rejecting calls for a two-year “Stop-the-Clock” moratorium, the EU AI Act’s 2026 enforcement wave is now a hard date. The experiment phase is over; audited, documented, risk-managed AI is becoming a legal obligation. For technology…