Article 50 EU AI Act: What Becomes Mandatory for AI Transparency on August 2, 2026
From August 2, 2026, the transparency obligations under Article 50 of the EU AI Act will be binding; chatbots must be labeled as AI, synthetic content must be technically marked, and individuals must be informed when emotion recognition is used, with violations subject to fines up to €15 million or 3% of global annual
EU Commission Guidelines for General-Purpose AI Models
The EU Commission has published guidelines for GPAI models establishing a computational threshold of 10²³ FLOPs as a classification criterion; models exceeding 10²⁵ FLOPs are considered high-risk and subject to extensive reporting, documentation, and risk assessment requirements, with providers able to contest classifi



