July 2026 – Cyber Law Watch

EU Digital Omnibus on AI Enters Into Force

Jul 31 2026

The EU has adopted its first substantive amendment to the AI Act. Regulation (EU) 2026/1744, commonly referred to as the AI Omnibus, was published in the Official Journal on 24 July 2026 and entered into force on 27 July 2026. While the legislation postpones certain aspects of the AI Act’s compliance timetable, it would be a mistake for organisations to view the Omnibus as a broad pause on AI regulation in Europe.

EU AI Act: Final Guidelines on Transparency Obligations Under Article 50

Jul 28 2026

By: Sarah Pearce and Veronica Muratori

On 20 July 2026, the European Commission published its final Guidelines on the transparency obligations under Article 50 of the EU AI Act. Although non-binding, the Guidelines provide important practical clarification ahead of the application of these obligations. Article 50 is not limited to high-risk AI systems and may apply to a broad range of AI solutions, including chatbots, generative AI tools, emotion recognition systems, biometric categorization tools, and deepfake technologies.

AI Models Were Asked To Solve The Test But Instead Hacked The Examiner

Jul 27 2026

By: Cameron Abbott and Emre Cakmakcioglu

An artificial intelligence research organisation has released a statement detailing how two of its cybersecurity models escaped from an internal testing sandbox to hack AI research platform Hugging Face.

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