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What we added to the product and how quickly we respond to EU AI Act changes. Entries appear only once the change is live in production.

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July 2026

Deadlines

The system card shows every deadline that applies to you

Until now the system card counted down to the nearest deadline. It now shows the full set of dates that apply to that system — including 2 December 2026, the end of the transitional period for marking generative AI content in systems placed on the market before 2 August 2026.

It is an easy deadline to miss, because all the attention is currently on August.

ClassificationDocuments

Faster classification and the 50(4) obligation in your document

We moved to a new model in a European region and tuned the analysis time budget — classification now finishes noticeably faster, with no change in the quality of the result.

The generated transparency notice now covers text published on matters of public interest (Art. 50(4), second subparagraph) together with the conditions of the editorial exception. If you publish AI-written text about public matters, you have an obligation that is easy to forget.

ClassificationDocumentsArt. 50

Art. 50 without gaps: uncertainty counted conservatively, legal review with reasons

Four changes that together close the Art. 50 path before the 2 August deadline.

"I'm not sure" is now a first-class answer in the transparency questions — and it is treated conservatively. The system lands in limited risk with an explicit note that the category follows from the uncertainty and may be lowered once you clarify. Guessing "no" on a compliance platform is the most expensive error available.

Your role determines your obligations. Providers and deployers carry different duties under Art. 50 — documents and reports now show your set, with the addressee marked on each section. If you are both, you get both.

Legal review requires reasons. Signing off a classification requires a substantive note — without it the verdict cannot be saved. The Commission's guidelines warn explicitly against rubber-stamp review.

The legal verdict is visible in the exported report — who approved it, from which firm, when and on what basis. That is the part a market surveillance authority looks at.

Legal statusArt. 50

Response to a change in the law. C(2026) 5054 final published 20 July 2026 — shipped the next day.

The Commission's final Art. 50 guidelines — live the next day

On 20 July 2026 the European Commission published its final interpretive guidelines on Article 50 (C(2026) 5054 final). Within a day they were in Attestia — in the questionnaire, in the obligation texts and in the generated documents.

The clarifications that change practice:

  • marking content is not enough on its own — Art. 50(2) requires machine-readable marking together with a working detection mechanism;
  • the exceptions are narrow (assistive function, editorial control, artistic work) — Attestia now shows their exact scope rather than just their name;
  • rules were added for published content and for AI agents;
  • the voluntary Code of Practice was recognised as a way to demonstrate compliance with Art. 50(2) and (4);
  • penalties for SMEs are calculated using the more favourable of the two thresholds.

The full breakdown is in the "What changed on 20 July 2026" section of the EU AI Act hub. The deadline itself is unchanged: 2 August 2026.

Billing

Invoices with automatic VAT and EU VAT ID

When you buy a plan you can enter your EU VAT ID, and tax is calculated automatically for your country — with reverse charge applied where relevant.

For companies filing in another member state, that means an invoice ready to book, without after-the-fact corrections.

Platform

Attestia is publicly available

The beta ends here. Attestia is open to everyone — no waiting list, no call with a sales rep. You create an account and have your first AI system classified within minutes.

What ships on day one:

  • AI system risk classification — a rules engine plus independent verification by an AI model, with any disagreement between the two shown openly rather than hidden;
  • system registry with a catalogue of over 100 ready-made AI tools;
  • generator for 12 document types — from Annex IV technical documentation and FRIA to the Art. 50 transparency notice, the declaration of conformity and simplified SME documentation — exportable to PDF and DOCX;
  • dashboard with deadline countdowns and a list of actions to take;
  • immutable audit log — append-only entries bound by a hash chain;
  • compliance packages for procurement — you answer with a link instead of another spreadsheet;
  • team accounts with roles and invitations;
  • EU AI Act knowledge hub with free checkers, available without an account.

Four plans, starting at free. Data in the European Union (Frankfurt), AI model in a European region, no transfer outside the EEA.

Before we launched: April–June 2026 (beta)

The changes below were built before the public launch on 16 July 2026, during the closed beta. They were not announced to customers at the time — we list them to show how today's product came about.

  • April 2026

    The first tool: Transparency Checker

    A public Art. 50 questionnaire — 7 questions, no account needed. You say what you are looking at (chatbot, generated content, deepfake, emotion recognition) and get the list of transparency obligations and the deadline that applies to you. Still live, still free.

  • April 2026

    Risk classification engine and document generator

    A wizard that walks you through classifying an AI system: prohibited practices (Art. 5), high risk (Annex III with the Art. 6(3) exception filter), transparency obligations (Art. 50), minimal risk. The rules-engine result is independently verified by an AI model.

  • May 2026

    Teamwork and the audit trail

    Organisation invitations with roles, an immutable audit log (SHA-256 hash chain, append-only), reports you can share by link, and DOCX export alongside PDF.

  • June 2026

    SME simplifications and AI literacy (Art. 4)

    Attestia recognises whether you are an SME or a small mid-cap under Recommendation 2003/361 and applies the documentation simplifications you are entitled to. The AI literacy module launched alongside it: a training curriculum, staff attestations and a public check.

  • June 2026

    Compliance packages for procurement

    An enterprise customer asking about AI Act compliance in a purchasing process? You generate a package and send a link instead of filling in another spreadsheet. It works the other way too — you get your own form to request the same package from your vendors.

  • June 2026

    Documents built from your own files

    You can attach your own material to document generation — a model card, an architecture description, a data policy. The content is built on your facts, section by section, rather than on generalities.