AI criminal liability is no longer a question of how much a fine would cost, it is a question of who signs off on a system and what happens to that person, and to the company, if the system causes harm.
From today, 2 August 2026, the EU AI Act becomes enforceable, and yet some of the obligations that dominated every compliance roadmap of the past two years are not the ones that start to bite.
On June 10, 2026, Italy's Council of Ministers approved two implementing decrees under Law No. 132/2025, making Italy the first EU Member State to operationalize a comprehensive national AI regulatory framework aligned with the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689).
The European Commission has launched a consultation on high-risk AI systems to support the adoption of the implementing act under Article 6(2) of the AI Act which is a crucial step for any sort of business.