Most EU AI Act Rules Begin to Apply, Bringing Education Products into a New Transparency Phase

The implementation timeline from the EU AI Act Service Desk shows that most rules under the Act begin to apply on August 2, 2026, bringing transparency obligations, innovation-support measures, and corresponding enforcement into a new phase.

Uses in education and vocational training involving admissions, allocation, assessment of learning levels, and examination monitoring may be classified as high risk. Those high-risk rules follow the updated timetable and apply later, while education companies already need to map uses, roles, data, and human oversight.