Originally published on AI Tech Connect.
What we know The reported total is roughly €47 million across three organisations, issued within days of the 2 August 2026 enforcement start. This figure comes from trade reporting, not from a published Commission decision. All three were reportedly deployers — a hiring platform, a credit scoring provider and a retail chain. None was a model laboratory. That pattern, if it holds, inverts a year of commentary. The companies are unnamed in the reporting. We do not name them either, and neither should you. The legal framework underneath is not in dispute. Since 2 August 2026 the AI Office and Member State authorities have been responsible for implementing, supervising and enforcing the Act, with powers to demand documentation, evaluate models, require mitigation, restrict market access and…
