Four transparency duties.
Article 50 doesn't classify your system as high-risk — it applies on top, based on how your AI touches people. Most organisations owe one or two of these; some owe all four.
Tell people they're talking to an AI
If a system interacts directly with a person — a chatbot, a voice assistant — you must make clear they're dealing with AI, unless it's obvious from the context.
Mark AI-generated content
Providers of generative AI must mark synthetic audio, image, video and text in a machine-readable, detectable format — so downstream systems can tell it was AI-made.
Disclose deepfakes
Deployers who produce or manipulate image, audio or video that resembles real people, places or events (a 'deepfake') must disclose that the content is artificially generated.
Flag AI-written public-interest text
AI-generated text published to inform the public on matters of public interest must be disclosed as such — unless a human reviewed it and takes editorial responsibility.
Transparency obligations took legal effect across every EU Member State, and the Commission's enforcement powers over general-purpose AI providers came online.
Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 adds two Art. 5 prohibitions from this date: AI “nudification” tools and AI-generated child sexual abuse material. The Art. 50 transparency duties are unaffected — they have applied since 2 August 2026, with no transitional runway.
Breaching Article 50 can attract fines up to €15,000,000 or 3% of total worldwide annual turnover, whichever is higher — or, for SMEs and start-ups, whichever is lower (Art. 99(6)). turnover, whichever is higher.
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