All five Article 50 duties
Applies from: 2 August 2026
- Art. 50(1) — Inform the persons concerned that they are interacting with an AI system
The provider · AI system intended to interact directly with natural persons (chatbots, assistants, voice agents) - Art. 50(2) — Mark outputs in a machine-readable format, detectable as artificially generated or manipulated
The provider · AI systems generating synthetic audio, image, video or text content - Art. 50(3) — Inform the natural persons exposed to the operation of the system
The deployer · Emotion recognition system or biometric categorisation system - Art. 50(4) — Disclose that the content has been artificially generated or manipulated
The deployer · Deepfakes (image, audio or video content that is artificially generated or manipulated); AI-generated or manipulated text published with the purpose of informing the public on matters of public interest - Art. 50(5) — Information must be provided in a clear and distinguishable manner at the latest at the time of the first interaction or exposure, conforming to accessibility requirements
Provider and deployer
Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI) of 8 July 2026, OJ 24 July 2026, in force 27 July 2026 (ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2026/1744/oj), moved the high-risk dates to 2027-12-02 (Annex III) and 2028-08-02 (Annex I); it did NOT delay Article 50's application date, which remains 2026-08-02.