Map of the AI Act
Article 50: transparency
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obligation
Article 50: transparency
Specific disclosure, marking and labelling duties for certain AI systems and synthetic content.
based on
- Final Commission guidelinesguidance
carries the duty
calls for
- Implement the applicable disclosure, marking or labelaction · editorial reading
- Record per publication channel when AI text carries a disclosure and who holds editorial responsibilityaction · editorial reading
- Test every system in your AI register against the five Article 50 scenariosaction · editorial reading
evidenced by
controlled by
supported by
in practice
explained in
- AI agents must disclose both their AI nature and on whose behalf they actguidance · editorial reading
- Artistic or satirical work is not exempt but attenuated, and the informative character always prevailsguidance · editorial reading
- Signing the code of practice is voluntary, but not signing means proving it yourselfguidance · editorial reading
- The deployer cannot rely on the provider's machine-readable markingguidance · editorial reading
- Disclosure at the latest at first interaction, and again for every new personguidance · editorial reading
- The editorial exception: substantive review plus an identifiable responsible personguidance · editorial reading
- What does not suffice on its own as an AI disclosureguidance · editorial reading
- Existing systems and legacy content: what does and does not apply retroactivelyguidance · editorial reading
- When is AI obvious? The exception applies only where almost no doubt remainsguidance · editorial reading
- Standard editing versus semantic change under the marking obligationguidance · editorial reading
- Which AI text needs a label: published, informing the public, on a matter of public interestguidance · editorial reading
changed by
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Read at 2 Aug 2027. What did not yet apply on that date is not shown here. GPAI models already on the market before 2 August 2025 must comply.