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Headlines said the AI Act was postponed — but that was the high-risk rules. The Article 50 transparency duties — chatbot disclosure, AI-content labels, deepfake notices — still apply from 2 August 2026, including to small businesses. Check what hits you, then generate your disclosure pack.
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In 2026 the EU agreed to postpone the AI Act's high-risk system obligations (to Dec 2027 / Aug 2028). Headlines compressed that into "the AI Act is delayed." But Chapter IV — Article 50 transparency — was not part of that postponement. From 2 August 2026, people must be told when they're talking to AI, and AI-generated content must be disclosed. The single carve-out: machine-readable marking of synthetic content, for generative systems already on the market before 2 Aug 2026, got until 2 December 2026. Everything else lands on time.
People interacting with an AI system must be informed they're talking to AI, unless it's already obvious from context.
Deepfakes and AI-generated/manipulated media need clear disclosure; AI text on public-interest matters needs a notice unless there's human editorial review.
Machine-readable marking of synthetic output got a Dec 2, 2026 extension — only for systems on the market before Aug 2. Your disclosure duties still start Aug 2.
Yes. The transparency framework covers deployers, not just AI companies. If your customers chat with an AI on your website, the safe position is a clear "you're talking to an AI" notice at first interaction — which is exactly what this pack generates. Fines under the AI Act can reach €15M or 3% of worldwide turnover, and enforcement starts with exactly this kind of visible, checkable duty.
Yes — AI-assisted text published to inform the public on matters of public interest is exempt from the disclosure where the content has undergone human review and someone holds editorial responsibility. If nobody reviews it before publishing, disclose it.
That's the extended deadline for the machine-readable marking requirement (watermarks/metadata in synthetic output) — and only for generative systems placed on the market before 2 August 2026. It is not a delay of your disclosure duties.
No — see the note below. It's a structured starting point built from the Regulation's text and reputable legal analyses, designed so nothing obvious is missing when you paste disclosures into your site.