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The EU AI Act: the two duties that apply to your business now

Kristina Agustin
August 2026
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Author: Kristina AgustinPublished by: Southern Sky AI
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Covered in this briefing

  • -The two duties in force now: training for the people using AI in your business, law since February 2025, and the transparency rules, applying since the 2nd of August.
  • -Who the Act covers: anyone using AI under their own authority, including businesses outside the EU whose AI output ends up there.
  • -The July EU guidance: what it treats as ordinary work, and the shorter set of cases that need a disclosure.
  • -Putting it in place: about an afternoon of writing things down.
  • -Three approaches, sized to your operation: including the Governance Essentials founding offer and the Baseline check.

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