{"id":17668,"date":"2026-08-05T11:07:25","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T10:07:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.moresophy.com\/?p=17668"},"modified":"2026-08-05T12:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T11:28:30","slug":"mandatory-ai-labeling-takes-effect-traceability-remains-an-open-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moresophy.com\/en\/news\/mandatory-ai-labeling-takes-effect-traceability-remains-an-open-question","title":{"rendered":"Mandatory AI Labeling Takes Effect \u2013 Traceability Remains an Open Question"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"17668\" class=\"elementor elementor-17668 elementor-17650\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4156aa1 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4156aa1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2619ac0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2619ac0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4ca76bf elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"4ca76bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bdebec elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"1bdebec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb2c51c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"cb2c51c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mandatory AI Labeling Takes Effect \u2013 Traceability Remains an Open Question<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4e338a4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4e338a4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a1b8444 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a1b8444\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\">The next phase of implementation of the AI Regulation has been in effect in the EU since Sunday: Under Article 50, companies must label AI chatbots as well as text, images, and videos that have been created or edited using artificial intelligence\u2014provided they provide information on matters of public interest for commercial purposes. What sounds like a clear requirement raises numerous questions of interpretation in practice: Exceptions include, among other things, obviously unrealistic content and texts generated entirely by AI that are subsequently reviewed by a human\u2014conversely, if a text written by a human is edited using AI, the requirement applies immediately. According to competition law experts, these exceptions alone are likely to lead to disputes. Violations are subject to fines of up to 15 million euros or three percent of global annual revenue; the operators of the systems within the company itself are held responsible.<\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.handelsblatt.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Handelsblatt<\/a> has analyzed the new labeling requirement and its practical pitfalls for companies in a separate article, in which it also features <a href=\"https:\/\/www.moresophy.com\/en\/heiko-beier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Heiko Beier<\/a>, who develops AI solutions at moresophy that make it possible to understand how the systems work. In his view, Article 50 merely answers the question of whether AI was used\u2014but not how a result was arrived at: which models, which training data, and which decision-making logic are behind it. That, in particular, could make all the difference in disputes. Instead of a mere labeling requirement, the focus should be more on traceability and accountability for the result. In Beier\u2019s view, a label confirming that content is \u201c100 percent human-made\u201d would be more valuable in the future.<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-17671 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.moresophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Zitat-Handelsblatt-eng-1-scaled.webp\" alt=\"Quote from Handelsblatt: Prof. Dr. Heiko Beier\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.moresophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Zitat-Handelsblatt-eng-1-scaled.webp 2560w, https:\/\/www.moresophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Zitat-Handelsblatt-eng-1-300x194.webp 300w, https:\/\/www.moresophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Zitat-Handelsblatt-eng-1-1024x661.webp 1024w, https:\/\/www.moresophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Zitat-Handelsblatt-eng-1-768x496.webp 768w, https:\/\/www.moresophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Zitat-Handelsblatt-eng-1-1536x992.webp 1536w, https:\/\/www.moresophy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Zitat-Handelsblatt-eng-1-2048x1323.webp 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/p><p class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal\" dir=\"ltr\">The immediate need for action, therefore, does not lie in even more labeling, but in processes: Companies should establish traceability based on their own data\u2014for example, when making discretionary decisions in customer service\u2014and in doing so, hold both employees and AI systems to the same standard of care in training and oversight. With generative models, the limit to explainability lies in the lack of access to the sources of the model\u2019s knowledge\u2014but transparency can be achieved within one\u2019s own data sources if AI systems are consistently controlled based on their own logic rather than through pre-modeled workflows applied to isolated raw data. 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