EU Council and Parliament agree to simplify AI Act rules

The Council of the EU and the European Parliament reached a provisional political agreement on 7 May 2026 to simplify parts of the AI Act, easing reporting duties and compliance timelines as part of the bloc’s wider Digital Omnibus effort.

Why it mattered It set the terms for lightening the AI Act’s reporting duties three months before the law’s transparency rules began to be enforced on 2 August 2026.