Can the EU AI Act Realistically Keep Up?

Technology Changed. Can the EU AI Act Handle it? 
On August 2, 2026, much of the European Union's Artificial Intelligence Act became active, more than five years after the legislation was first proposed in 2021.1,2 During that span, AI moved beyond prediction toward generation, creating unprecedented forms of usage, risk, and liability. Now AI agents can autonomously use tools and perform sequences of actions toward a goal, in some cases deviating widely from their intended behavior.3,4,5,6 The regulatory problem is no longer limited to what an AI system can say. Increasingly . . .