What transparency duties does the AI Act establish?
Article 50 distinguishes duties for providers and deployers of certain systems: interaction with people, synthetic content, emotion recognition, biometric categorisation and deepfakes. Rules vary by actor, use and the stated exceptions. Article 13 separately covers transparency and information for deployers of high-risk systems.
Editorial orientation: read the linked provisions for conditions, exceptions and obligations.
Consolidated edition: 27 July 2026
The provisions to read
Article 50Transparency obligations for providers and deployers of certain AI systems
1. Providers shall ensure that AI systems intended to interact directly with natural persons are designed and developed in such a way that the natural persons concerned are informed that the…
Transparency and provision of information to deployers
1. High-risk AI systems shall be designed and developed in such a way as to ensure that their operation is sufficiently transparent to enable deployers to interpret a system’s output and use…
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: (1) ‘AI system’ means a machine-based system that is designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy and that may ex…