The AI Office and national authorities can enforce the Act as Article 50 transparency duties apply from 2 August 2026. Immediate compliance work covers machine-readable marking and the remaining high-risk timetable.
Article 50 applies from 2 August 2026; AI-generated or altered content is subject to machine-readable marking duties.
The development moved disclosure and technical-marking duties from implementation planning into the operative phase.
Governments require disclosure in different forms. Technical duties, responsible actors and enforcement models still diverge.
Article 50 establishes transparency duties for specified AI interactions and synthetic or manipulated content.
The Commission states that Article 50 applies from 2 August 2026.
Article 50 of the AI Act applies as from 2 August 2026.European Commission · Commission FAQ · application date
The Commission describes a technical marking duty for covered AI-generated or altered content.
AI-generated or altered content will also have to carry machine-readable marks so it can be detected more easily.European Commission · Commission enforcement announcement · paragraph 3
Coverage is specialist and government-heavy; mainstream political framing of Article 50 duties remains sparse.
Coverage is grouped by source type and compared with the primary policy record. Missing source groups remain visible rather than being filled by assumption.