From 2 August 2026, the European Commission’s AI Office, together with national authorities, will begin enforcing the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Act. On the same date, new transparency rules will start to apply, requiring certain AI systems to tell users when they are interacting with AI and when content has been generated or altered by it. Under the new rules, chatbots and other interactive AI systems will have to tell users they are dealing with AI, not a human. Deepfakes (images, videos, or audio that have been edited or generated using AI) will have to be labelled. AI-generated or altered content will also have to carry machine-readable marks so it can be detected more easily.
EU AI Act Implementation · July 31, 2026
AI Act enforcement and transparency requirements begin 2 August 2026
Original title: Commission starts enforcing AI Act rules and new transparency requirements on 2 August
From 2 August 2026, AI Act enforcement begins and transparency rules require AI systems to disclose interaction with users and label AI-generated or altered content.
Applies from
2026-08-02
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