https://aijourney.space/updates/topic/policy-and-law/ Regulation, court rulings, government AI programmes. en https://aijourney.space/updates/2026-09-06-eu-designates-chatgpt-vlose/ 2026-09-06-eu-designates-chatgpt-vlose Sun, 06 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT What happened. On 31 August 2026 the European Commission designated ChatGPT a Very Large Online Search Engine under the Digital Services Act, and designated Reddit and Roblox as Very Large Online Platforms. The Commission's own supervision table records the designation against OpenAI Ireland Limited and puts ChatGPT at 159.1 million average monthly active users in the EU, against a threshold of 45 million. The Commission says the designated services then have four months, which it dates as January 2027, to meet the extra duties the tier carries. Sources. European Commission press release, 31 August 2026: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-designates-chatgpt-reddit-roblox-under-digital-services-act (read 6 Sep 2026) The Commission's supervision table of designated platforms and search engines, where the user figure and the designation date are recorded: https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/list-designated-vlops-and-vloses (read 6 Sep 2026) Why it matters. Nothing you pay moves on this date, and no duty in the designation lands on the person typing into the box. What lands in January 2027 lands on OpenAI: risk assessment, independent audit, and data handed to vetted researchers. That last one is the part worth waiting for, because it is the first arrangement under which somebody outside the company can test a claim about ChatGPT against something other than OpenAI's own reporting. None of it depends on your tier either: our ChatGPT plans table, checked against learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing on 5 September 2026, runs from a $0 rung to a $200 one, and the designation sits on the service across every rung of it.