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The EU AI Act's transparency and high-risk rules became fully enforceable this week, landing the same week cloud giants disclosed nearly $600B in combined AI capex and enterprise data confirmed a growing gap between AI's frontline reality and its budget story: only 7% of leaders report established AI ROI even as AWS posted 36.7% revenue growth and cloud spend hit $143B in Q2. Regulation, infrastructure spend and cost accountability are converging into a single enterprise question: can spend be justified before scrutiny arrives.
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Daily Pulse · What moved today
- 01EU AI Act transparency rules now enforceableCompanies must now disclose AI-generated content and chatbot interactions across the EU, with high-risk system obligations also active as of August 2.
- 02Cloud capex nears $600B on AI demandAWS, Google and Microsoft are pouring almost $600B combined into infrastructure as AWS posted $42.2B quarterly revenue, up 36.7% year-on-year for a fifth straight quarter of accelerating growth.
- 03CFOs demand AI ROI proof, few can show itA KPMG survey of 2,145 leaders finds only 7% have established AI ROI while 24% face budget pressure, as FinOps mandate to manage AI spend jumped from 31% to 98% in two years.
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