AI Deadline | Thursday 16 July 2026

For founders, operators, and creators in AI | USA · UK · EU

Six days to sign the EU's transparency Code, and a real cost to skipping it. One week left on the consultation that decides whether your product counts as high-risk, and two weeks on the FTC's accuracy statement, which turns out to have a second act: it's picking a fight with Colorado. Also this week, publishers sue Google, Brussels gets a cybersecurity plan and the ICO keeps us waiting. In Focus: the paragraph that makes complying with a state AI law look like a federal offense.