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European Commission publishes operational AI Act transparency guidance

The Commission clarified binding transparency duties that begin on 2 August 2026, including user disclosure, machine-readable marking, and notices for deepfakes, public-interest synthetic content, emotion recognition, and biometric categorization.

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CURRENT ASSESSMENT · REVISION 1
AWAY FROM DOOM44confidence 94/100

Why it moved the index

This is official implementation guidance for legally binding AI Act duties with an imminent application date. It strengthens enforceable transparency and reduces deception risks, although it addresses disclosure rather than the full range of frontier-model control or catastrophic-risk concerns.

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Assessment history

  1. R1
    Away 44 · confidence 94

    New historical governance implementation milestone with explicit legal obligations.

    11 Aug 2026
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