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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1785220439920Screenshot 2026-07-28 131041 (1).jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">Deepfakes and other AI-generated content must be labelled from Sunday, as the European Union&#x27;s sweeping artificial intelligence transparency rules kick in.<em> 📷 Markus Spiske, Unsplash</em></span></span></span></div><p>BRUSSELS, Belgium — Deepfakes and other AI-generated content must be labelled from Sunday, as the European Union&#x27;s sweeping artificial intelligence transparency rules kick in.</p><p>The goal? To make sure Europeans immediately know whether the online content they see is real or fake.</p><p>The EU&#x27;s comprehensive AI law enters into force in stages. From Sunday, companies must ensure their AI systems like chatbots make it clear to users they are AI, or when an image or text has been created using AI, there must be a label saying so.</p><p>This can be done by integrating watermarks and other markers to allow the easy detection of AI-generated content. Firms face large fines if they don&#x27;t comply.</p><p>&quot;Generative AI enables disinformation to be created at unprecedented scale, tailored to specific audiences, and disseminated with remarkable speed,&quot; an EU official said.</p><p>Since AI is &quot;making it increasingly difficult for all of us to distinguish what is real from what is synthetic&quot;, the official said, the EU&#x27;s rules seek to &quot;preserve citizens&#x27; ability to trust what they see, hear, and read&quot;.</p><p>Of particular concern for the EU are deepfakes—text, images, videos and sounds that appear to be real but are generated or manipulated by AI.</p><p>The rules affect content made for professional reasons, and the EU insists individuals using AI in a purely personal capacity will not be affected.</p><p>Text that aims to inform the public on general interest issues will also have to be labelled if they are created using AI without human editorial oversight.</p><p>Existing AI systems have until December 2 to adapt to the new rules, and there are exemptions for &quot;artistic, creative, satirical,  fictional&quot; work.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>BIG TECH MOVES<br/></strong></div><div><br/></div><p>The EU has come under fire for placing more demands on businesses, and rules that will ultimately force all content to be labelled given the rapidly growing widespread use of AI across Europe.</p><p>&quot;We have heard that it is going to be very, very difficult to implement. But I think we often hear this with compliance requirements. And yet, the world turns and we figure these things out,&quot; Ashley Casovan of International Association of Privacy Professionals told AFP.</p><p>The world&#x27;s tech giants have already begun slapping their own labels in anticipation of the rules.</p><p>For example, TikTok has required content creators to label AI-generated images, audio and video for several years, and says over three billion content items already have labels thanks to tools and detection technology.</p><p>Likewise, Meta has deployed an &quot;AI Info&quot; label on Instagram and Facebook for posts using the technology.</p><p>Google has signed the EU code of conduct on AI transparency, and says it is working with others like Nvidia, OpenAI and Apple on digital tagging tools.</p><p>But Google&#x27;s Karen Massin warns of &quot;regulatory complexity&quot; that could prove counterproductive, and &quot;risks confusing the people these rules are meant to help&quot;.</p><p>&quot;If online content is flooded with overlapping AI labels and legal disclosures, it becomes harder for people to get the clear context they need,&quot; Massin added.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>© Agence France-Presse</strong></div><div><strong><br/></strong></div><div><strong>RELATED VIDEOS</strong></div><div><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/gdUIlaoovmg?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/i1L2gSvpNEo?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><span class="fr-video fr-deletable fr-fvc fr-dvb fr-draggable" contenteditable="false" draggable="true"><iframe width="640" height="360" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-mbwICtlFmc?&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;rel=0" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen="" class="fr-draggable"></iframe></span><br/></div>

<p>Deepfakes and other AI-generated content must be labelled from Sunday, as the European Union's sweeping artificial intelligence transparency rules kick in. </p>

Deepfakes and other AI-generated content must be labelled from Sunday, as the European Union's sweeping artificial intelligence transparency rules kick in.

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Made by AI? EU tells firms to stick a label on content

Frédéric Pouchot,

Agence France-Presse

Published July 28, 2026 02:36 PM PHT

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