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The EU AI Act enforcement deadline of August 2 2026 marks a critical milestone for GPAI model providers under Regulation 2024/1689. From this date, the European Commission gains formal enforcement powers and can investigate non-compliance and issue fines up to €15 million or 3% of global annual turnover under Article 101. Providers that placed GPAI models on the market after August 2 2025 must be compliant by this date. Key obligations include publishing summaries of training data used, including sources, data categories, and filtering methods applied. The compliance standard requires sufficiently detailed disclosures which regulators are expected to interpret expansively. Major tech firms have expressed concerns about legal grey areas surrounding the deadline. TechRepublic reported the core details. MediaLaws noted additional context. Compliora added corroborating details.