Dossier · Ongoing
The AI transparency mandate
From July's announcement to the August 2 enactment: the EU regulation and California's SB 942 require AI providers to label their content.
On August 2, 2026, labeling obligations for AI-generated content took effect simultaneously in the EU and California. Beckmann.ai first announced the EU deadline in July, once the details of Article 50 of the AI Regulation and the Digital Omnibus were settled.
On the deadline itself, it emerged that California had deliberately moved its own AI Transparency Act (SB 942) to the same day – a second jurisdiction with comparable but independent rules. This dossier tracks how both frameworks are enforced in practice.