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The Article 50 compliance checklist

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Everything in our full Article 50 guide, condensed into a checklist you can run through and print. Use your browser's print function (Ctrl/Cmd+P → Save as PDF) to keep a copy.

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EU AI Act Article 50 Checklist

disclosureproof.com/eu-ai-act/checklist/ · applies from 2 August 2026 · reviewed July 2026

1. Chatbot & AI-interaction disclosure (Art. 50(1))

Open your site in a private window as a first-time EU visitor and start a chat. Is it explicit you're talking to AI, before or in the very first exchange?
Check the mobile view separately, since disclosures configured on desktop can vanish in compact layouts.
Check every channel you deploy to (web widget, WhatsApp, voice, app). A disclosure verified on one doesn't confirm the others.
Check human-handoff moments make the participant change clear, in both directions.
Confirm the AI persona's name/avatar doesn't read as human with no accompanying AI indicator.

2. Machine-readable marking (Art. 50(2))

Download a few published images and inspect their metadata for C2PA / Content Credentials or IPTC provenance fields.
Test your actual publishing pipeline (CMS, CDN, image optimizer). Marking present at generation is often stripped before it reaches your live page.
Note: the marking duty for generative systems already on the market before 2 Aug 2026 is deferred to 2 Dec 2026; everything else on this page still applies from 2 Aug.

3. Deepfake & AI-text labels (Art. 50(4))

Open your latest AI-assisted or AI-generated article. Is there a visible label a reader would notice, not just in a footer or metadata?
Check any AI-generated or AI-manipulated image/audio/video that resembles a real person, place, or event for a clear label.
Consider using the official EU icons (AI / AI GENERATED / AI MODIFIED), free, and a stronger signal than an improvised badge.

4. Keep evidence

Screenshot everything you verified above, with dates.
Save your chatbot/widget configuration export alongside the screenshots.
Re-run this checklist after any platform update, redesign, or vendor migration; settings drift is the most common way a compliant setup quietly stops being compliant.

Informational only, not legal advice. A checklist reports what to look for. It can't declare you compliant, since parts of Article 50 aren't externally observable. For a hands-off version of steps 1–3 with timestamped, hash-verified evidence, run the free scan at disclosureproof.com/scan/.

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