Inventory
List every feature that talks to users or generates content.
Your mandated EU point of contact under Article 22 of the AI Act
Article 50 applies to many AI systems that are not high-risk - chatbots, generators of synthetic content, emotion recognition and deepfakes. It has applied since 2 August 2026, with a grace period for content marking of systems already on the market.
| Situation | Obligation | Who |
|---|---|---|
| AI system interacting directly with people (for example a chatbot) | Inform people that they are interacting with an AI system, unless obvious | Provider |
| System generating synthetic audio, image, video or text | Mark outputs in a machine-readable format and make them detectable as artificially generated | Provider |
| Emotion recognition or biometric categorisation | Inform the people exposed to it | Deployer |
| Deepfakes | Disclose that the content has been artificially generated or manipulated | Deployer |
| AI-generated text published to inform the public on matters of public interest | Disclose that it is AI-generated, unless under human editorial review and responsibility | Deployer |
List every feature that talks to users or generates content.
Add clear notices at the first interaction, in the user's language.
Implement watermarking or metadata for generated media and text.
Tell business customers what they must disclose on their side.
Yes. Providers must design AI systems that interact directly with people so that they are informed they are interacting with an AI system, unless this is obvious from the context.
From 2 August 2026. Systems placed on the market before that date have until 2 December 2026 to comply with the Article 50(2) marking obligation.
No. It applies to the listed categories regardless of whether the system is high-risk.
Obligations for model providers.
What cannot be placed on the market.
Triage.
Note: This guide provides general information about Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act) as amended by Regulation (EU) 2026/1744 (Digital Omnibus on AI), not legal advice. Last reviewed 5 October 2026.