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Bird & Bird: Digital Omnibus on AI: Provisional Agreement Reached at the May Trilogue

In the early hours of Thursday 7 May 2026, Council and Parliament negotiators reached a provisional agreement on the Digital Omnibus on AI. The deal confirms the postponement of the high-risk obligations to 2 December 2027 (Annex III) and 2 August 2028 (Annex I), resolves the Annex I conformity assessment dispute that had broken the previous trilogue, and adds a new Article 5 prohibition on AI systems generating child sexual abuse material or non-consensual intimate imagery.

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