EU Finalizes AI Disclosure Rules as Watermarking Mandate Outpaces Technology

The EU Commission finalised AI disclosure rules on 20 July with an 11-day compliance window (enforcement 2 August); Article 50 requires disclosure that AI-generated content is machine-made, but no watermarking technology currently meets all four legal requirements (effectiveness, interoperability, robustness, reliability), creating a compliance gap between mandate and feasible implementation.

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