AI Act × connected products

Is the AI Act postponed? Yes and no.

The "Digital Omnibus" pushed back several AI Act deadlines — but some obligations apply right now to a connected product. Here is which ones, and from when, for a manufacturer.

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The timeline, after the Digital Omnibus

August 2025General-purpose AI (GPAI) and governance obligations

2 August 2026Transparency (Article 50) — disclose AI, mark generated contentapplicable

2 December 2027High-risk "Annex III" (sensitive uses: HR, credit, education…)

2 August 2028High-risk "Annex I" (AI embedded in an already CE-regulated product)

Am I concerned?

Your situation	Deadline
Your product or app includes a chatbot, a voice assistant or generates content	Now (Art. 50)
Product already subject to CE marking (machinery, radio, medical…) with an AI function	2 August 2028
Use in HR, credit/insurance, education, critical infrastructure, justice	2 December 2027

Indicative screening — the firm legal qualification is a matter for qualified counsel.

One project for two regulations

The CRA applies from September 2026, the AI Act after that. Good news: their requirements overlap by ~60% (risk analysis, technical documentation, logging, incident notification…). Done well, most of your CRA effort counts twice.

FirmVox computes the real overlap rate for your product, in the report.

Where do you stand?

A free assessment tells you, in 20 minutes, what applies to your product — CRA and AI Act — with the deadlines and an action plan.

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Informational content — not legal advice. The deadlines from the "Digital Omnibus" are subject to change; check the official text of Regulations (EU) 2024/2847 (CRA) and 2024/1689 (AI Act).