
AI Agents: When a Deployer Becomes a Provider
AI agents under the AI Act: when customisation, integration or rebranding triggers reclassification from deployer to provider under Article 25. Decision table, compliance checklist and first 5 actions.

AI agents under the AI Act: when customisation, integration or rebranding triggers reclassification from deployer to provider under Article 25. Decision table, compliance checklist and first 5 actions.

Chatbots, adaptive tutoring, proctoring, guidance systems: a practical matrix to understand which AI tools used in European schools are potentially high-risk under the AI Act and what obligations follow.

On 26 March 2026, the European Parliament voted in plenary on the Digital Omnibus on AI with 569 votes in favour, paving the way for trilogue negotiations. Analysis of the positions of the Commission, Council and Parliament on high-risk AI system deadlines, the nudification ban and the implications for businesses and professionals.

The Council adopted its general approach on 13 March 2026, and IMCO and LIBE approved their joint report on 18 March. A comparative analysis of the two negotiating mandates: convergence on fixed deadlines and a ban on sexual deepfakes, divergence on the transitional period for AI marking and the scope of the AI Office.