{
  "id": 15982,
  "url": "https://thenextweb.com/news/eu-ai-act-enforcement-powers-inspect-fine-models",
  "title": "The EU can now inspect AI models, block market access, and fine providers 3% of turnover. The grace period is over.",
  "summary": "The European Commission gained enforcement powers over general-purpose AI models on August 2, ending the grace period for Chapter V of the EU AI Act. The Commission can now demand to evaluate models before regional release, restrict EU market access, and fine providers up to €15 million or 3% of global annual turnover, whichever is […] This story continues at The Next Web",
  "authors": "Alina Maria Stan",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": "eu",
  "published_at": "2026-08-03T19:30:55.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-04T05:10:21.797Z",
  "source_slug": "x-the-next-web-ai",
  "source_name": "The Next Web AI",
  "source_homepage": "https://thenextweb.com/topic/artificial-intelligence",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/15982",
  "original_url": "https://thenextweb.com/news/eu-ai-act-enforcement-powers-inspect-fine-models",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}