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  "schema_version": "1.1",
  "id": "eu-ai-act-deepfakes-must-be-disclosed",
  "slug": "eu-ai-act-deepfakes-must-be-disclosed",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/eu-ai-act-deepfakes-must-be-disclosed/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/eu-ai-act-deepfakes-must-be-disclosed.json",
  "claim": "The EU AI Act requires deployers of AI that generates deepfakes to disclose that the content was artificially generated or manipulated",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"EU AI Act: AI-generated content must be labeled\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "European Union (AI Act, Art. 50)",
    "title": "Article 50: Transparency obligations for providers and deployers of certain AI systems",
    "year": "2024"
  },
  "quote": "that generates or manipulates image, audio or video content constituting a deep fake",
  "method": "Regulation text. Providers must also mark synthetic outputs in a machine-readable format so they are detectable as artificially generated or manipulated.",
  "drift": [
    "Scope: deepfakes and certain AI-generated text on public-interest matters; not every AI-assisted ad",
    "Exceptions exist for evidently artistic, satirical or fictional work"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (statute or regulation).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "Article 50 of the EU AI Act (applying from August 2, 2026) requires deployers to disclose AI-generated or manipulated deepfake image, audio or video content, and providers to mark synthetic output in machine-readable form.",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "EU AI Act Article 50",
      "url": "https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/article/50/",
      "primary": true
    },
    {
      "title": "EU AI Act Article 113 (entry into application)",
      "url": "https://artificialintelligenceact.eu/article/113/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Regulation (EU) 2024/1689; Article 50 applies from Aug. 2, 2026",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}