The EU AI Act was presented as a landmark effort to regulate AI through a risk-based framework. But The EU’s AI Omnibus, which entered into force on July 27, changes parts of the AI Act. It extends some deadlines and simplifies some compliance requirements. It also gives regulators and companies more time to prepare for high-risk AI rules. This is not a retreat from regulation. It is an admission that AI is changing faster than laws can normally change.

For India, this offers an important lesson. The question is how to regulate AI without slowing innovation. The original EU AI Act was based on a risk-based approach. Some AI practices were prohibited. High-risk systems faced strict obligations. General-purpose AI models also came under specific rules. But implementation has proved difficult. The EU’s response shows that even carefully designed regulation must be capable of adjustment.

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