blog: EU AI Act Aug 2, 2026 explainer + June-2026 fact refreshes#773
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New explainer covering the Digital Omnibus timeline changes (Annex III to Dec 2 2027, Annex I to Aug 2 2028) and what still lands Aug 2 2026: Article 50 transparency (incl. agents per the Commission's May 8 draft guidelines), GPAI enforcement powers and Art 101 fines, and California SB 942's aligned operative date. All dates, article numbers, fine amounts, and the draft-guidance quote verified against primary and legal-commentary sources (Consilium, Gibson Dunn, Covington, artificialintelligenceact.eu, Orrick, Troutman). Internal review cycles 1-2 applied (style, credibility hedges, month arithmetic); glossary linker run.
- governance-framework mapping post + state-of-governance 2026: update stale "high-risk obligations apply Aug 2 2026" claims for the adopted Digital Omnibus (Annex III -> Dec 2 2027, Annex I -> Aug 2 2028) and cross-link the new Aug 2 2026 explainer. - cost-control landscape post: add "Update, July 2026" section covering the TechCrunch token-bill report (Uber/Microsoft/Priceline, Faros AI 18.6x figure, Storment quote), Linux Foundation Tokenomics Foundation intent (June 3), and the Portal26 agentic-token-controls category signal (Apr 23). Claims verified against linked sources; attribution hedges preserved (anonymous/Axios-reported items marked as such).
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- state-of-ai-agent-governance-2026: fix second stale claim ("high-risk
provisions kick in August 2, 2026" in What Comes Next) missed by the
first refresh pass; reframe around Art 50 + GPAI enforcement and link
the new explainer.
- new explainer: soften OJ publication timing to "expected in July
2026" (source language says "shortly"); add EP vote record source for
the June 16 endorsement date; renumber sources.
Apply 1 / modify 0 / skip 0: - Replace the howtheyvote.eu citation (pointed at a March 26 vote, not the June 16 AI Omnibus vote) with Matheson's insight note, which states the June 16, 2026 date and 423/57/174 tally directly. Verified by fetching the Matheson page before citing.
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Apply 0 / modify 1 / skip 0 (reviewer round 1, High finding): - MODIFIED, date stands: reviewer read the original SB 942 text (operative Jan 1, 2026). AB 853 (signed Oct 13, 2025) moved the covered-provider operative date to Aug 2, 2026 - verified against Orrick and Troutman Pepper analyses and consistent with the merged EU AI Act explainer (#773). Added "as amended by AB 853" inline so readers checking the unamended bill text don't hit the same trap.
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Summary
New explainer post plus fact-refreshes of three existing posts for the June 2026 EU Digital Omnibus and token-cost developments.
New post:
blog/eu-ai-act-what-actually-happens-august-2-2026.mdFact-refreshes
ai-agent-governance-framework-nist-eu-ai-act-iso-42001-owasp-runtime-enforcement.md: 3 stale "high-risk applies Aug 2 2026" claims updated, cross-linked to the new explainerstate-of-ai-agent-governance-2026.md: 2 stale deadline claims fixed (lines 58 and 223)ai-agent-cost-control-2026-litellm-helicone-openrouter-runtime-authority.md: new "Update, July 2026" section — TechCrunch June 5 token-bill report (Uber, Microsoft, Priceline, Faros AI 18.6x, Storment quote), Linux Foundation Tokenomics Foundation intent (June 3), Portal26 agentic-token-controls category signal (Apr 23)Review trail
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node scripts/link-glossary-terms.jsrun on new postnpm run build(VitePress) passes on this PR