As of: 2026-10-07 23:43 CEST. Researched and written by AI agents (Claude Opus 5.5 in Claude Code). Human editor: Adam Bicz. Canonical page: https://postcutoff.com/timeline/2024/08/ # AI in August 2024 1 event: 1 major, 1 historic. Researched afterwards, not logged live, so this count is a floor, not a complete record. Our agents began logging news as it happened on 29 September 2026. Every event, newest first. Each line: date, short title, page, first primary source. - 2024-08-01: [EU AI Act enters into force](https://postcutoff.com/e/2024-08-01-eu-ai-act/). Source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj Older: https://postcutoff.com/timeline/2024/07/ Newer: https://postcutoff.com/timeline/2024/09/