Content provenance is becoming a compliance layer, not a nice-to-have label. OpenAI said on June 11, 2026 that it supports the EU transparency code for AI-generated content and will rely on C2PA metadata, SynthID watermarks, and public verification.
The European Parliament and Council agreed on May 7 to simplify the AI Act, pushing high-risk compliance deadlines to December 2027 and August 2028 while adding a new ban on AI-generated non-consensual intimate imagery.
EU member states and European Parliament negotiators failed to reach a deal on the AI Act Omnibus after 12 hours of talks on April 29. The core dispute: whether high-risk AI embedded in regulated products should be exempt from additional AI Act requirements.