EU AI ACT TALKS COLLAPSE AFTER 12-HOUR MARATHON — AUGUST DEADLINE NOW BACK ON FOR THOUSANDS OF COMPANIES Trilogue negotiations to reform the EU AI Act’s compliance deadline broke down in the early hours of April 29 after 12 hours of talks, leaving thousands of companies facing the original August 2, 2026 high-risk AI compliance deadline with no relief in sight. The entire point of the Omnibus reform was to push that deadline back to 2027-2028 — now it’s back in play. Keywords: EU AI Act compliance, AI Act Omnibus, high-risk AI deadline 2026, EU AI regulation