Prohibitions introduced under the EU's Digital Omnibus take effect on December 2, 2026.

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Six frontier AI models put this at 56% by 12 Dec 2026. Full reasoning from every model.

WillHappen.ai · Accepted Answer

56% — the median of 6 frontier models, resolving by 2026-12-12.

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Gemini (Google): 94% — EU regulatory application dates rarely slip when fewer than three weeks remain without an emergency legislative delay already enacted. Postponing scheduled EU entry-into-force dates requires fast-track approval from both Council and Parliament, which has not materialized. Statutory effective dates established in secondary EU law take effect automatically on the appointed day barring court injunctions. A last-minute CJEU interim suspension or an unannounced grandfathering derogation represents the only plausible disruption.

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Claude (Anthropic): 22% — Hinges on whether the Digital Omnibus legislative process finishes trilogue and formal adoption before December 2, 2026. As of late 2025 the Digital Omnibus is still a Commission proposal moving through Parliament and Council, with trilogues historically taking many months to over a year. EU legislative base rate for major digital-file proposals reaching force within roughly 12 months of proposal is low, especially with contested AI Act amendments. A surprise fast-track political agreement with an unusually short implementation delay before Dec 2, 2026 would be the main thing to flip this toward true.

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GPT (OpenAI): 89% — It chiefly depends on whether the Omnibus timetable survives the final legislative steps without a delayed application clause. The Commission, Parliament and Council must have completed adoption and published the act before 2 December 2026. EU digital rules often retain scheduled application dates once enacted, but trilogue or implementation delays can shift them. A formal amendment or a Commission notice postponing application before late November would materially lower the odds.

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Grok (xAI): 92% — Whether the already-scheduled 2 Dec 2026 application date is postponed in the next 20 days. Once an EU regulation is in the Official Journal the application date is legally fixed; changing it needs a new co-decision act that has not even been proposed. Comparable digital files (DSA, DMA, AI Act chapters) applied on the published date >90 % of the time. Only an emergency Commission delay proposal in the next fortnight would move the odds, and none is on the table.

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DeepSeek (DeepSeek): 12% — This turns on whether the Digital Omnibus is even adopted, let alone with that exact commencement date. The Digital Omnibus is a real Commission proposal (Nov 2025) amending the AI Act, but it is still in the ordinary legislative procedure, with Parliament and Council yet… Even fast-tracked files take 12-18 months; trilogues on AI Act amendments have historically run past 18 months, so a December 2026 entry-into-force date is implausible. The AI Act's own prohibitions took effect 2 February 2025, showing the EU does set hard dates, but those were in the original regulation, not a pending omnibus.

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Qwen (Alibaba): 18% — The Digital Omnibus must have cleared the full EU legislative process and set that exact date for prohibitions—unlikely given its contested status. The Digital Omnibus was proposed in early 2025 and faced heavy opposition in Parliament and Council; omnibus packages rarely clear in under 18 months. The AI Act's existing prohibition date is February 2, 2025, and its other milestones use August 2 dates—December 2 is not a natural anchor in the framework. A development that would raise this: if trilogue agreement was reached by mid-2026 with a published OJ reference citing that specific date.

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