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The EU AI Act's Second Act
The first wave of compliance was theater. The second wave is starting to bite — and not where most people expected.
By The Memo · Thursday, June 11, 2026 · 8 min read
When the EU AI Act's general-purpose model obligations went live, the consensus was that the rules would be either toothless or catastrophic, depending on which lobbyist you asked. Neither prediction has held up.
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