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Labelling AI content: the line so far
9 developments and 23 rules, in date order. Built automatically from everything tagged with this topic.
- Rule · In forceCNDeep Synthesis Provisions
- Rule · In forceCNGenerative AI Measures
- Rule · In forceSGMGF for GenAI
- Rule · Partly in forceEUEU AI Act
Also on Project Meridian and the race to govern military AI, Transparency, not licensing, Who decides if a medical AI is safe?
- Rule · Partly in forceUS-CACA AI Transparency Act
- Rule · In forceKRAI Basic Act
- Rule · In forceCNGB 45438-2025 labelling standard
- Rule · In forceCNAIGC Labelling Measures
- China's mandatory labelling rules for AI-generated content take effect
Every generative AI service and content platform operating in China now has to apply both visible labels and machine-readable provenance, a model later echoed in India and the EU.
- Rule · In forceTWAI Basic Act
- Rule · In forceKRAI Basic Act Enforcement Decree
- South Korea's AI Basic Act takes effect, with a one-year pause on fines
It is one of the first comprehensive AI laws with binding duties to take effect outside the EU, and a test of how such a law is phased in for global providers.
- India notifies IT Rules amendment mandating deepfake labels and 3-hour takedowns
Platforms and AI tools serving Indian users must build labelling and provenance into products or risk losing safe-harbour protection.
- Rule · In forceINIT Rules SGI/deepfake amendment
- Brazil's electoral court sets AI rules for 2026 elections, incl. 72-hour deepfake ban
Platforms and generative AI providers operating in Brazil face binding election-specific labelling, blackout and removal duties during the October 2026 general election.
- Rule · In forceBRTSE AI election rules 2026
- Rule · ProposedKEKenya AI Bill
- Rule · In consultationINDraft IT Rules Second Amendment
- Rule · In forceVNDecree 142/2026 (AI Law implementing decree)
- Rule · In forceSASDAIA Deepfakes Guidelines
- Rule · ProposedESSpanish AI governance bill
- Rule · In forceCAAI for All
- EU finalises code of practice on marking and labelling AI-generated content
Signing is the simplest way for model providers and publishers to evidence compliance with EU labelling duties now in force.
- Rule · In forceEUAI content marking and labelling code
- Rule · In forceEUDigital Omnibus on AI
- Rule · In forceEUArticle 50 transparency guidelines
- EU Digital Omnibus on AI enters force, delaying high-risk AI Act duties to 2027-28
Providers and public bodies deploying high-risk AI in the EU gain 16-24 months, while the new prohibitions and watermarking deadline arrive in December 2026.
- EU AI Office gains powers to enforce AI Act rules on general-purpose models
Frontier labs selling in Europe now face a regulator with evaluation access and fining power over their models, not just a voluntary code.
Also on Transparency, not licensing
- Google DeepMind publishes SynthID Bio watermarking for AI-designed proteins in Nature
It offers DNA-synthesis screeners a way to verify that unfamiliar sequences came from vetted models, a practical biosecurity layer for open protein design.
- OpenAI starts watermarking ChatGPT and Codex text in the EU to meet AI Act rules
It is one of the first concrete large-scale answers to the EU's AI-content marking duties, and shows the limits: short or heavily edited text is hard to detect, and the detector is not public.