When will corporations and governments need to comply with the EU AI act?

The EU AI act was a long time in the making, with a political agreement being reached on 6th of  December 2023. The final text of the EU AI Act was published in the Official Journal (OJ) of the European Union on 12 July 2024. This is the final version of the text to be enforced, and based on this date the EU has decicded that August 1st, 2024 is the date of entry into force of the EU AI act. This then means that the following deadlines for organizations to comply are applicable:

• 6 months for prohibited AI systems.
• 12 months for General Purpose AI systems. 
• 24 months for high risk AI systems under Annex III. 
• 36 months for high risk AI systems under Annex I.

The implementation timeline is available over here for your reference.

There are a few different ways that you can view the AI Act text:

• You can browse the full text of the AI act with the AI Act Explorer, available in multiple languages.
• The complete AI Act is hundreds of pages long. There is also a concise summary of the whole document available, written for those who wish to get up to speed quickly.