What is EU AI Act Article 50? (AI transparency obligations)
Article 50 of the EU AI Act sets transparency duties: providers of AI that generates synthetic media must mark outputs in a machine-readable way, and deployers of deepfake systems must disclose that content is artificial. The Commission's Code of Practice, finalized in June 2026, points to provenance credentials of this kind. The obligations apply from August 2, 2026, with generative systems already on the market given until December 2, 2026 for the machine-readable marking duty under the AI Omnibus package; the Commission's guidelines followed on July 20, 2026 as guidance, not binding law. ChronoVerify reads and validates those credentials; it does not by itself make anyone compliant, and it is not legal advice.
Why it matters
Article 50 is a transparency regime, not a per-image signal. ChronoVerify helps organizations meet it by reading and cryptographically validating the C2PA provenance credentials the Commission's Code of Practice points to, and by producing a signed audit record of each check. Check any image for machine-readable marking with the free checker at /tools/article-50.
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