POLICY08 JUL 2026 · 14:32 UTC● LIVE COVERAGE
The compute compact is law. Now comes the audit.
After an eleven-hour final session in Strasbourg, EU negotiators fixed binding audit thresholds for frontier training runs — and handed the labs an 18-month compliance clock.
BY LENA VOSS · BRUSSELS BUREAU·11 MIN READ
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