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What happened, why it matters, and what to do about it. Analysis, not rewritten press releases.

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Wednesday 2 September

Compliance and Regulation2 Sept 2026

The EU designated ChatGPT under the Digital Services Act. It classified it as a search engine, not a platform.

Reddit and Roblox were designated Very Large Online Platforms on 31 August 2026. ChatGPT was designated a Very Large Online Search Engine, under a definition written in 2022 for services that index the web.

Compliance and Regulation2 Sept 2026

Apple changed chief executive on 1 September. Across all three succession documents, artificial intelligence is mentioned zero times.

John Ternus became Apple's CEO on 1 September 2026 and the Newsroom feed has carried nothing since 27 August. Counted across the press release and both SEC filings: no AI, no Siri, no encryption.

Thursday 6 August

Compliance and Regulation6 Aug 2026

The CRA reporting duty starts in five weeks. The platform does not

Everyone is planning for December 2027. The duty that actually lands first arrives on 11 September 2026, applies retroactively to products already sold, and is the fourth incident clock now running in parallel.

Tuesday 21 July

Compliance and Regulation21 Jul 2026

The AI Act deadline landed on Sunday. Most people watched the wrong half

High-risk slipped sixteen months. Article 50 transparency did not move an inch and applied from Sunday. The obligation that actually landed is the one that got no attention.