# Providers Fill the AI Standard-Setting Vacuum Globally > Source: > Published: 2026-06-30 13:15:20+00:00 Editorial analysis: For practitioners, unclear external standards raise compliance risk and increase the cost of demonstrating safety and fairness; teams should expect to spend more effort documenting definitions and tests. According to Just Security, public standard-setting bodies have not produced the harmonized technical standards envisioned by the **EU AI Act**, and the bodies missed an **August 2025** deadline. Just Security reports that the European Commission proposed staggering parts of the Act's application into **2027** and **2028**. According to the same analysis, in the absence of finalized public standards, providers are defining their own interpretations of requirements such as accuracy, fairness, robustness, and human oversight, relying on sectoral guidance or internal processes.