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Transparency and marking duties (Article 50).
Disclosure and marking duties for interactions, generated content, deepfakes and public-interest text.
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12 guides.
Transparency duties for AI
A careful introduction to selected disclosure and marking duties under Article 50.
Read guide ↗CLUSTER ARTICLEWhen must people be told they are interacting with AI?
Article 50(1) interaction disclosure explained: provider duties, the obviousness exception, timing, form and testing of notices.
Read guide ↗CLUSTER ARTICLEHow must synthetic content be marked and made detectable?
Article 50(2) explained: machine-readable marking and detection for synthetic audio, image, video and text content, and the December 2026 transition.
Read guide ↗CLUSTER ARTICLEWhat must deployers disclose for emotion recognition and biometric categorisation?
Article 50(3) deployer duties explained: informing exposed persons, the scope of emotion recognition and biometric categorisation, and the law enforcement exception.
Read guide ↗CLUSTER ARTICLEWhat must deployers disclose for deepfakes and public-interest text?
Article 50(4) explained: deepfake disclosure, AI-generated text on matters of public interest, the human review exception, and treatment of artistic works.
Read guide ↗CLUSTER ARTICLEWhat exceptions and limits apply in Article 50?
Article 50 exceptions in outline: obviousness, assistive editing, law enforcement, artistic works and human review, and how to record reliance on each.
Read guide ↗CLUSTER ARTICLEWhat marking methods exist in general terms?
Marking methods in general terms: metadata, watermarks, provenance and detection, without endorsing any vendor or product, and how to choose and test a method.
Read guide ↗CLUSTER ARTICLEWhat ends on 2 December 2026 for Article 50 marking?
The 2 December 2026 transition explained: which systems, which obligation, and what must be ready by that date, alongside the new prohibitions that apply the same day.
Read guide ↗CLUSTER ARTICLEHow should transparency disclosures be tested with users?
User testing for Article 50 disclosures: noticing, understanding, acting, accessibility, and retesting when design or context changes.
Read guide ↗CLUSTER ARTICLEHow must transparency notices work for everyone?
Accessibility of Article 50 notices: clear language, assistive technology, language, timing and format, so notices reach all affected people.
Read guide ↗CLUSTER ARTICLEHow should synthetic content workflows be organised for transparency?
Workflows for synthetic content: inventory, marking, disclosure, review and sharing, so Article 50 duties are met consistently across teams and channels.
Read guide ↗CLUSTER ARTICLEHow should transparency notices be designed and recorded?
Design and records for Article 50 notices: wording, placement, version control, decision logs and evidence that notices were given.
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