EU Transparency Requirements for AI Content: What Applies from August 2026

EU Transparency Obligation for AI Content: What Applies from August 2026 The European Commission has published the first draft of a code of practice for labeling AIgenerated content. From August 2, 2026, providers and operators of AI systems must comply with strict transparency rules – from machinereadable watermarks to the labeling of deepfakes. For companies, the clock is now ticking. New Rules for AIGenerated Content With the publication of the first draft of the Code of Practice on Transparency for AIGenerated Content, the EU Commission sets a decisive milestone in the implementation of the AI Act. The regulations aim to make AIgenerated content – from synthetic images to deepfakes to automatically generated texts – transparent and comprehensible for users. The transparency obligation