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Today's AI items on the public record: EU AI Act: delayed to in 24 days (2 Dec 2026); EU AI Act: applies in 24 days (2 Dec 2026); EU Digital Omnibus on AI…
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- EU AI Act: delayed to in 24 days (2 Dec 2026) — Art. 50(2) machine-readable marking of synthetic content: generative systems already on the market before 2 August 2026 get until 2 December 2026 (new Art. 111(4) inserted by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744) (Official Journal of the EU, 1 Dec 2026)
- EU AI Act: applies in 24 days (2 Dec 2026) — New prohibitions inserted by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744: AI systems generating non-consensual intimate imagery (Art. 5(1)(ba)) and child sexual abuse material (Art. 5(1)(bb)) (Official Journal of the EU, 1 Dec 2026)
- EU Digital Omnibus on AI: applies in 24 days (2 Dec 2026) — New AI Act prohibitions (Art. 5(1)(ba)/(bb): non-consensual intimate imagery and CSAM generation) and end of the Art. 50(2) grace period for legacy generative systems (Official Journal of the EU, 1 Dec 2026)
- Australia Privacy Act 1988 / APPs: applies in 32 days (10 Dec 2026) — APP 1.7-1.9 (privacy policies must disclose use of computer programs, using personal information, to make or substantially assist decisions that could significantly affect individuals) apply: 2024 amending Act Sch 1… (AU official text, 9 Dec 2026)
- 20,191 live job listings at 603 AI companies, -23 since 1 Nov — 3,930 listings first seen and 4,326 closed since 1 Nov; a listing that returns counts in neither (Company job postings, 8 Nov 2026)
- AI supply-chain revenue growth (2026 Q2): +36% — Calm · STRENGTHENING (+14 pts vs the 4 quarters before); UNUSUALLY STRONG, rank 100 of 100 in its history; 1 of 14 layers slowing (SEC filings, 8 Nov 2026)
- Databricks: 922 live job listings, +18 since 1 Nov — 904 on 1 Nov (Company job postings, 8 Nov 2026)
- OpenAI: 818 live job listings, +8 since 1 Nov — 810 on 1 Nov (Company job postings, 8 Nov 2026)
- Anthropic: 675 live job listings, +0 since 1 Nov — 675 on 1 Nov (Company job postings, 8 Nov 2026)
- Shield AI: 660 live job listings, +5 since 1 Nov — 655 on 1 Nov (Company job postings, 8 Nov 2026)
- Of 7 measures of AI progress, 2 are strengthening, 4 steady and 1 weakening against their own history — strengthening: U.S. businesses using AI, Cheapest near-frontier model · steady: General capability, Task length the best model finishes half the time, Benchmarks: median share of room closed in a year, New models… (Epoch AI, METR via Epoch AI, Epoch AI model catalogue, Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub, Epoch AI catalogue + Hugging Face, Census BTOS, OpenRouter, 7 Nov 2026)
- Texas: 1,730 MW of AI data-centre power operating; residential electricity up 34.6% over 5 years against up 34.4% for the US — 12 tracked sites, 5,397 MW planned · Residential price 16.0 cents per kWh against 11.9 5 years earlier (twelve-month averages) · Epoch AI tracks the largest AI campuses, not every data centre · the two measures are set… (Epoch AI (Frontier Data Centers); U.S. Energy Information Administration (electricity prices), 8 Nov 2026)
- Tennessee: 1,373 MW of AI data-centre power operating; residential electricity up 25.4% over 5 years against up 34.4% for the US — 3 tracked sites, 1,958 MW planned · Residential price 13.7 cents per kWh against 10.9 5 years earlier (twelve-month averages) · Epoch AI tracks the largest AI campuses, not every data centre · the two measures are set… (Epoch AI (Frontier Data Centers); U.S. Energy Information Administration (electricity prices), 8 Nov 2026)
- Ohio: 1,244 MW of AI data-centre power operating; residential electricity up 46.2% over 5 years against up 34.4% for the US — 6 tracked sites, 2,514 MW planned · Residential price 18.4 cents per kWh against 12.6 5 years earlier (twelve-month averages) · Epoch AI tracks the largest AI campuses, not every data centre · the two measures are set… (Epoch AI (Frontier Data Centers); U.S. Energy Information Administration (electricity prices), 8 Nov 2026)
- Indiana: 1,215 MW of AI data-centre power operating; residential electricity up 27.8% over 5 years against up 34.4% for the US — 3 tracked sites, 2,966 MW planned · Residential price 17.0 cents per kWh against 13.3 5 years earlier (twelve-month averages) · Epoch AI tracks the largest AI campuses, not every data centre · the two measures are set… (Epoch AI (Frontier Data Centers); U.S. Energy Information Administration (electricity prices), 8 Nov 2026)
- Virginia: 962 MW of AI data-centre power operating; residential electricity up 39.9% over 5 years against up 34.4% for the US — 6 tracked sites, 1,321 MW planned · Residential price 16.7 cents per kWh against 11.9 5 years earlier (twelve-month averages) · Epoch AI tracks the largest AI campuses, not every data centre · the two measures are set… (Epoch AI (Frontier Data Centers); U.S. Energy Information Administration (electricity prices), 8 Nov 2026)
- Georgia: 653 MW of AI data-centre power operating; residential electricity up 23.7% over 5 years against up 34.4% for the US — 2 tracked sites, 653 MW planned · Residential price 15.1 cents per kWh against 12.2 5 years earlier (twelve-month averages) · Epoch AI tracks the largest AI campuses, not every data centre · the two measures are set… (Epoch AI (Frontier Data Centers); U.S. Energy Information Administration (electricity prices), 8 Nov 2026)
- The benchmark registry holds 97 benchmarks and 106,524 results in 11 categories; General reasoning has the most tests (33) — 2,974 model entries in the biggest category · results are ranked only against others run the same way (Epoch AI Benchmarking Hub, LMArena, SWE-bench and other public leaderboards, 8 Nov 2026)
- Which company has the best AI model on LiveBench (Mathematics) end of November: the betting crowd's favourite is OpenAI at 1%, -1 point in a week — OpenAI leads Epoch's capabilities index, at 1% in this market · odds stored since 1 Oct 2026 · market ends 1 Dec 2026 · settles on the leaderboard its rules name (Polymarket, 7 Nov 2026)
- Which company has the best AI model on LiveBench (Overall) end of November: the betting crowd's favourite is Anthropic at 62%, -6 points in a week — OpenAI leads Epoch's capabilities index, at 31% in this market · odds stored since 1 Oct 2026 · market ends 1 Dec 2026 · settles on the leaderboard its rules name (Polymarket, 7 Nov 2026)