European Parliament and Council negotiators ended a twelve-hour trilogue on April 28 without agreement on the Digital Omnibus package that would delay AI Act high-risk compliance obligations. The unresolved sticking point is whether AI embedded in products already regulated under EU sectoral safety law—machinery, medical devices, and similar categories—should be exempt from the AI Act's separate conformity requirements; the Council supports the exemption, Parliament is divided, and industry lobbies on both sides are pressing hard. Without a deal, the original August 2, 2026 deadline for standalone high-risk AI systems stays in effect; a new round is expected in approximately two weeks. If an Omnibus text eventually passes, it would shift the high-risk deadline to December 2, 2027 for standalone Annex III systems and August 2, 2028 for product-embedded systems.