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Regulatory · 28 January 2026

EU AI Act high-risk obligations begin to bite for deployers

The next tranche of AI Act obligations applies to high-risk systems, requiring documented risk management, human oversight and logging for deployers as well as providers.

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What changed

Organisations using AI in recruitment, credit scoring, education and essential services must now maintain conformity documentation and demonstrate human oversight. National market surveillance authorities are being designated across member states, and German supervisory practice is expected to align closely with existing data protection enforcement.

Why this is marked high impact

Changes obligations for most people or businesses in scope, usually with a compliance deadline. Impact is our editorial read of scope, not a legal opinion on how the change affects you.

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Official Journal of the European Union

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