EU AI Act Article 50 Transparency Consultation Closes 3 June — Obligations Apply August 2

The European Commission's consultation on draft guidelines for Article 50 transparency obligations closed on 3 June 2026, with the obligations themselves applying from 2 August 2026. Providers of AI systems that interact with users must inform them they are interacting with AI; providers of generative AI systems must ensure synthetic content is machine-readable and detectable; deployers must disclose deepfakes and AI-generated public-interest text. A grandfathering rule from the 7 May Council-Parliament provisional agreement delays watermarking for generative AI systems already on the market to 2 December 2026. Legal AI providers and deployers with EU operations face a live August compliance deadline regardless of the high-risk schedule extensions agreed under the Digital Omnibus.