The European Commission’s AI Act page confirms that prohibitions and AI-literacy duties already apply (from Feb 2025), GPAI rules kicked in on Aug 2, 2025, and most remaining obligations phase in by Aug 2, 2026, with certain high-risk product rules extended to 2027. In plain English: start your inventory now—classify systems, set up risk management, and prep transparency for foundation models. Action items: document data sources, add evaluations and human oversight, and plan vendor questionnaires before procurement.