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EU publishes guidelines on AI transparency
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Fusion42 · 21 July 2026 · Fusion42 review
The EU has published final transparency guidelines for AI systems, effective 2 August 2026, requiring disclosure when users interact with AI and machine-readable marks on AI-generated content. This implements core obligations of the EU AI Act ahead of enforcement.
This Wire brief sits within Fusion42's coverage of AI Frontier Models and Generative AI, and 35 sources have reported it between 20 Jul 2026 and 19 Aug 2026.
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If you sell any AI product into Europe—chatbots, content generation, LLM-powered tools—you have 12 days to add user disclosure and machine-readable watermarking or face enforcement action under the AI Act. The guidelines are now binding; there's no negotiation window left.
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35 sources · first reported 20 Jul 2026 · latest 19 Aug 2026
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