EU AI Act Enforcement & Compliance Tools

Enforcement live with fines up to 3% turnover; high-risk rules delayed to Dec 2027. Compliance tools emerging (risk classification, business guides). Anthropic's SynthID watermarking shows regulation shaping product design with practical limitations (light editing can erase). Anthropic CEO Amodei rejects claim that regulation concentrates power, arguing it can constrain frontier firms and help smaller players—adding nuance to the regulatory debate. New: EU AI Act Article 50 transparency obligations took effect Aug 2, 2026, with Omnibus grace period until Dec 2 for retrofitting existing models.