How we determine your obligations
The compliance checker is a deterministic rule engine — no AI guessing. Every rule below maps your answers to a specific provision of Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the EU AI Act), quoted from the Official Journal text on EUR-Lex.
Scope test first
If you do not offer AI systems or AI-generated outputs to users in the EU (and don't plan to), the checker stops: Article 50 applies through the AI Act's territorial scope in Article 2. Everything else is only assessed when EU scope is plausible.
Decision rules
Chatbot / AI interaction disclosure — Article 50(1)
Flagged when: You operate an AI system that interacts directly with people AND it is not always obvious to a reasonably well-informed person that it is an AI.
Legal basis: Article 50(1) requires providers to inform natural persons they are interacting with an AI system unless this is obvious; the 'obviousness' exemption is assessed from the user's perspective.
Machine-readable marking of synthetic content — Article 50(2)
Flagged when: You are a provider (or both provider and deployer) of an AI system that generates synthetic content AND the AI is not limited to assistive editing that does not substantially alter the input.
Legal basis: Article 50(2) places the marking duty on providers; its second sentence excludes assistive-function and non-substantial-alteration cases.
Deep fake disclosure — Article 50(4), first subparagraph
Flagged when: You are a deployer (or both) AND generated image/audio/video could depict real people, places or events in a way that appears authentic.
Legal basis: Article 50(4) requires deployers of deep-fake-generating systems to disclose that the content has been artificially generated or manipulated.
Public-interest text disclosure — Article 50(4), second subparagraph
Flagged when: You are a deployer (or both) AND publish AI-generated text to inform the public on matters of public interest AND the text does not always undergo human review with editorial responsibility.
Legal basis: The second subparagraph exempts text that underwent human review or editorial control where a person holds editorial responsibility.
Emotion recognition / biometric categorisation notice — Article 50(3)
Flagged when: You use emotion recognition or biometric categorisation systems on people.
Legal basis: Article 50(3) requires deployers to inform exposed persons of the system's operation, alongside GDPR duties.
Risk rating
The report's exposure level is a simple count: no obligations → low; one high-severity obligation → moderate; two or more → high. It reflects how many distinct disclosure duties you must implement under Article 50 (applicable since 2 August 2026), not a probability of enforcement.
The provisions we assess
Article 50(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 they are interacting with an AI system, unless this is obvious from the point of view of a natural person who is reasonably well-informed, observant and circumspect, taking into account the circumstances and the context of use.”
Source: EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
Article 50(2)“Providers of AI systems, including general-purpose AI systems, generating synthetic audio, image, video or text content, shall ensure that the outputs of the AI system are marked in a machine-readable format and detectable as artificially generated or manipulated. Providers shall ensure their technical solutions are effective, interoperable, robust and reliable as far as this is technically feasible ….”
Source: EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
Article 50(3)“Deployers of an emotion recognition system or a biometric categorisation system shall inform the natural persons exposed thereto of the operation of the system, and shall process the personal data in accordance with Regulations (EU) 2016/679 and (EU) 2018/1725 and Directive (EU) 2016/680, as applicable.”
Source: EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
Article 50(4)“Deployers of an AI system that generates or manipulates image, audio or video content constituting a deep fake, shall disclose that the content has been artificially generated or manipulated. … Deployers of an AI system that generates or manipulates text which is published with the purpose of informing the public on matters of public interest shall disclose that the text has been artificially generated or manipulated.”
Source: EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
Article 50(5)“The information referred to in paragraphs 1 to 4 shall be provided to the natural persons concerned in a clear and distinguishable manner at the latest at the time of the first interaction or exposure. The information shall conform to the applicable accessibility requirements.”
Source: EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
Article 99(4)(g)“Non-compliance with any of the following provisions related to operators or notified bodies, other than those laid down in Article 5, shall be subject to administrative fines of up to EUR 15 000 000 or, if the offender is an undertaking, up to 3 % of its total worldwide annual turnover for the preceding financial year, whichever is higher: … (g) the transparency obligations for providers and deployers pursuant to Article 50.”
Source: EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
Article 113 (application date)“It shall apply from 2 August 2026. [Article 50 sits in Chapter IV, which is not among the exceptions listed in Article 113(a)–(c), so it follows this general application date.]”
Source: EUR-Lex, Regulation (EU) 2024/1689
Limits
- The checker covers Article 50 (transparency) only — not prohibited practices (Article 5), high-risk systems (Chapter III) or GPAI model duties (Chapter V), which it flags but does not assess.
- Some tests (‘obvious to a reasonably well-informed person’, ‘substantially alter’) are legal judgment calls; the checker takes the cautious reading and tells you when an exemption might apply.
- This tool and its content are provided for general information only and do not constitute legal advice. Consult a qualified lawyer for advice on your specific situation.