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Lead DevelopmentFACT · 4/5•17 Sept '26•Via Golem

Court mandates Amazon to increase transparency in product recommendations

A court ruling in Germany has mandated that Amazon must be more transparent in its product recommendations. This decision comes under the Digital Services Act (DSA), which requires platforms to clearly disclose when algorithmic ranking or recommendation systems are used. The ruling is a significant step in enforcing transparency obligations for large online platforms in the European Union. While specific details of the case are not provided, the essence is that Amazon must alter its practices to comply with DSA transparency requirements.

•A court has ruled against Amazon, forcing greater transparency in product recommendations.
•The ruling is based on the Digital Services Act (DSA).
•The decision applies to Amazon's operations in Germany.

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FACT · 5/516 Sept '26· Via Apple Developer News

Apple Updates App Tracking Transparency in EU

Apple announced changes to its App Tracking Transparency (ATT) framework in the European Union, effective with iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2, following agreements with select European competition authorities. Developers will have the option to use an alternative version of the system prompt for tracking permission in the EU, featuring modified formatting, language, and an optional 'Additional Information' button. Due to legal requirements, only the alternative prompt is available for apps distributed in Germany, France, Italy, Poland, and Romania. Additionally, EU users may be reprompted for tracking permission one year after their previous choice, unless they have disabled tracking requests in device settings. The device setting 'allow apps to request to track' is renamed to 'allow apps to request to link your activity across companies' in the EU. Requirements for when permission is required remain unchanged.

•Apple introduces an alternative ATT system prompt in the EU starting with iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2 beta.
•The alternative prompt is mandatory in Germany, France, Italy, Poland, and Romania due to legal requirements.
•EU users can be reprompted for tracking permission one year after their previous choice, unless disabled in device settings.

Apple

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FACT · 4/511 Sept '26· Via https://martech.org/feed/

FTC Proposes Enforcement Policy on Personalized Pricing Transparency

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) proposed an enforcement policy on August 19, 2026, targeting personalized pricing practices. While not banning the practice, the FTC aims to increase transparency under Section 5 of the FTC Act, requiring sellers to disclose when prices are personalized, the reasons, and the types of data used. The proposal includes specific scenarios where personalized pricing could be scrutinized, such as consumers in vulnerable situations. Marketers are concerned about the operational challenge, as many lack the data governance and integration systems to comply. The policy is open for public comment until September 25, 2026.

•FTC proposed a policy on personalized pricing on Aug. 19, 2026
•Policy seeks transparency in personalized pricing, not a ban
•Public comment period open until Sept. 25, 2026

FTC

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FACT · 4/59 Sept '26· Via AdExchanger

FTC Amazon Ads Lawsuit Raises Auction Disclosure Questions for DSP Buyers

The FTC's lawsuit against Amazon alleges that the company misled advertisers in its retail marketplace by charging them nearly their full bid in auctions that were supposedly second-price, extracting over $20 billion since 2019. The case covers Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, and Display ads, but not Prime Video or other DSP inventory. The article argues that Amazon's auction terminology is inconsistent across its DSP products, with different descriptions for Private Auctions and a lack of clarity on pricing mechanics. It highlights Amazon's own research on soft floors and payment rule visibility, and suggests that buyers should demand clear auction disclosures from all DSPs. The author recommends shifting spend toward direct, PMP, and PG deals to mitigate risks from opaque auction mechanics.

•The FTC sued Amazon over an alleged secret ad surcharge scheme, claiming Amazon charged advertisers nearly their full bid 80% of the time in supposedly second-price auctions.
•The FTC alleges Amazon extracted more than $20 billion from advertisers since 2019 through this practice.
•The lawsuit covers Sponsored Products, Sponsored Brands, and Display ads, but not Prime Video, CTV, or streaming audio inventory.

Amazon Media Rating Council (MRC)

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FACT · 4/58 Sept '26· Via Adweek

Advertisers Seek Transparency in ChatGPT Ads

Advertisers are demanding more transparency from OpenAI's advertising business, specifically regarding brand safety, prompt-matching, and incrementality tracking. Four ad buyers interviewed expressed a need for visibility into the prompts that trigger ads, the context of placements, and the ability to measure whether exposure drives sales or other outcomes. This comes as OpenAI's ad business surpassed $1 billion in annualized revenue, a significant increase from the $100 million pace reported in March. The requests highlight a gap in the current offering, where advertisers lack the detailed reporting and controls they expect from established ad platforms.

•OpenAI's ad business surpassed $1 billion in annualized revenue.
•Four ad buyers are requesting more visibility into prompt triggers and ad context.
•Advertisers want incrementality tracking to measure ad effectiveness.

OpenAI

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FACT · 4/58 Sept '26· Via t3n

EU AI Labeling Hurts Conversions: Study Finds Transparency Trade-off

A study by Hannover University of Applied Sciences and Arts reveals that labeling product images as 'AI-generated' significantly reduces consumer purchase intention, even when the image is actually a conventional photo. The study, involving 163 participants, found that the label itself, not the image source, triggers a negative response. This comes as the EU AI Act's transparency obligations took effect on August 2, 2026, requiring e-commerce retailers to label AI-generated or manipulated content. The article discusses the implications for online retailers, using About You's Scayle Studios as an example of AI's efficiency gains versus the potential conversion impact of mandatory labeling.

•EU AI Act Article 50 transparency obligations took effect on August 2, 2026.
•A study by Hochschule Hannover found that 'AI-generated' labels decrease purchase intention and product attitude, regardless of the actual image source.
•About You's AI-powered photo studio, Scayle Studios, reduced production costs from €70-80 to about €1 per item.

About You

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FACT · 4/527 Aug '26· Via Meedia

AI Transparency: Companies Meet Labeling Obligations

MEEDIA published a guide by Sabrina Haselbach (pixx.io) on 27 August 2026 explaining how companies can sustainably comply with mandatory labeling of AI-generated images and texts introduced in August. The article advocates "Compliance by Design" and recommends embedding AI-status metadata across the asset lifecycle, using centralized asset-management systems (DAM, PIM, CMS), and instituting five operational routines: mandatory AI-status metadata, clear versioning, traceable approvals, regular metadata-retention tests, and rules for retrofitting existing assets. The piece frames AI labeling as both a legal requirement and an operational quality factor that can deliver long-term efficiency and trust when integrated systemically into content production and governance.

•Since early August 2026 certain AI-generated images and texts must be clearly labeled as AI-generated.
•The article is authored by Sabrina Haselbach, Senior Inbound Marketing Manager at pixx.io, and published on MEEDIA on 2026-08-27.
•The piece recommends 'Compliance by Design' and five routines to preserve AI labeling through the asset lifecycle.

MEEDIA Cloudflare Datareporter Google LinkedIn TX Group Meta OpenAI Medienfachverlag Oberauer

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FACT · 4/518 Aug '26· Via https://martechseries.com/feed/

IAB Releases AI Transparency & Disclosure Framework v2

The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) published Version 2 of its AI Transparency & Disclosure Framework, updating guidance on when and how to disclose AI in consumer-facing creative and media. V2 adopts a materiality- and risk-based approach—requiring targeted disclosure when AI could materially affect authenticity, identity or representation—and distinguishes routine, assistive tooling from uses that alter perceived reality. To avoid disclosure fatigue it recommends a standardized sparkle icon or clear text label for U.S. ads plus accessibility guidance. Typical disclosures include realistic AI-generated images/videos, some synthetic voices, avatars/digital twins and chatbots that could be mistaken for humans; behind-the-scenes functions are exempt. The framework cites IAB/Sonata and NYU Stern research showing advertisers overestimate consumer positivity and a 31.5% CTR drop when ads are labeled generative-AI-made, and sits alongside new laws in New York, California, the EU and South Korea.

•IAB released AI Transparency & Disclosure Framework V2 as an industry baseline advocating materiality- and risk-based targeted disclosures rather than blanket labeling.
•V2 distinguishes assistive/behind-the-scenes uses (exempt) from those that materially alter authenticity, identity or representation and seeks to minimize disclosure fatigue.
•Common cases needing disclosure: realistic AI-generated images/videos, certain synthetic voices, avatars/digital twins and chatbots that could be mistaken for humans.

IAB PR Newswire MarTech Series iTech Series Pendulum SEMrush Digiday

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FACT · 4/518 Aug '26· Via CMSWire

EU AI Act Transparency Rules Hit Customer-Facing AI

The EU AI Act's Article 50 transparency obligations, effective August 2, 2026, require businesses to inform users when interacting directly with AI unless it's obvious. This applies to chatbots, voice assistants, AI service agents, emotion recognition, and deepfakes. Obligations differ depending on whether a company acts as a provider, deployer, or both. CX leaders must audit their AI estate, test vendor claims against live experiences, retain evidence that disclosures appeared in specific interactions, and ensure meaningful human oversight during handoffs. Experts from Quickbase, Cardinal AI Systems, Blck Alpaca, and Corteva Agriscience stress the importance of logging disclosures, verifying vendor configurations, and applying least-privilege access to AI agents.

•EU AI Act Article 50 transparency obligations took effect on August 2, 2026.
•Article 50 requires disclosure when users interact directly with AI unless it is obvious from context.
•Businesses may hold provider, deployer, or both roles, each with distinct transparency duties.

Corteva Agriscience

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FACT · 4/517 Aug '26· Via VideoWeek

Germany Forces Apple to Change App Tracking Transparency

On 2026-08-17 Germany’s Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) accepted two binding commitments from Apple, ending a procedure opened in 2022 after a 2025 provisional finding that Apple’s App Tracking Transparency (ATT) design could hinder third-party developers and favour Apple. Apple has four months to revise ATT in Germany so prompts for Apple services and third-party apps are aligned, use neutral language and remove discouraging symbols; developers may add more explanatory text, reference prior legal consents, combine ATT with other required privacy dialogs to avoid stacked pop-ups, and may re-prompt users after one year. Compliance will be monitored by an independent trustee for seven years. The regulator framed the move as competition enforcement, coordinated with data-protection and EU competition bodies, and industry complainants remain critical that some self-preferencing and dialog complexity may persist; higher consent rates were not the regulator’s aim but could occur.

•Bundeskartellamt declared two binding commitments from Apple on 2026-08-17, closing a procedure opened in 2022 after a 2025 provisional finding that ATT's design could hinder third parties and favour Apple.
•Apple has four months in Germany to revise ATT to align prompts, use neutral language, remove discouraging symbols, allow explanatory text, permit combining ATT with other legal privacy dialogs, and re-prompt users after one year.
•Compliance will be monitored by an independent trustee for seven years.

Apple Meta Snap

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FACT · 4/513 Aug '26· Via techcrunch

X open-sources ranking algorithm and transparency tool

X has published core code for its For You timeline and ranking engine on GitHub under the Apache v2 license and expanded prior 2025 disclosures by releasing model configurations, filter-system details, ranking parameters and the numerical score used to rank posts. The codebase is roughly 10–15× larger than before; independent recommendation experts previewed the release and were able to run the score outside X. X also launched an "Under the Hood" transparency tool and randomized pilot that lets eligible creators (accounts at least one year old that posted ≥10 times in the past month) download aggregate JSON files showing account- and post-level labels that can limit reach. Some systems (notably Grok-based rule-prediction) were excluded to reduce abuse. X says the changes aim to improve auditability, trust and industry transparency for content distribution.

•X open-sourced For You timeline core code on GitHub under the Apache v2 license, expanding prior disclosures.
•Release includes model configurations, filters, ranking parameters and the numeric score; codebase grew ~10–15×.
•Independent reviewers could preview the code and run the score outside X.

X GitHub TechCrunch Insider WIRED Meta Usercentrics

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FACT · 4/56 Aug '26· Via The Drum

EU AI Act transparency rules target deceptive ads

The EU AI Act's transparency provisions, which the article says came into force on August 2, 2026, require AI systems used in public-facing content to disclose synthetic origins: chatbots must identify themselves, deepfakes and photorealistic AI presenters must be labelled, and emotion/biometric-reading systems must disclose their use. AI-generated text only needs labeling when published on matters of public interest without human review. The law focuses on fabrication and exaggeration rather than the use of machine tools, meaning most B2B marketing — which relies on due diligence, pilots and factual claims — is unlikely to be materially affected. Fines for non-compliance can reach €15 million or 3% of global turnover, and the rules apply to non‑EU firms whose content is seen by European audiences.

•EU AI Act transparency rules came into force on August 2, 2026, according to the article.
•Chatbots used in public-facing scenarios must disclose that they are chatbots.
•Deepfakes and photorealistic AI presenters that could pass for real persons must be labelled as synthetic.

AI Labels Hurt E‑commerce Product Perception, Study Finds

An experimental study by Hochschule Hannover finds that labeling product photos as "AI-generated" reduces product attitudes and purchase intent, even when images are real. The experiment of 163 participants showed no intrinsic disadvantage for AI-generated visuals themselves and in some cases a slight advantage in purchase intent, but the presence of a generic "AI-generated" label lowered both product evaluation and conversion likelihood regardless of actual image origin. The findings arrive amid new transparency obligations under Article 50 of the EU AI Act (effective 2026-08-02) and growing industry use of generative AI — exemplified by About You’s July 2026 launch of Scayle Studios. The article recommends hybrid photo strategies, clearer context-specific labels, and systematic A/B testing of label variants to balance efficiency gains and customer trust.

•About You introduced an AI-based photo studio called Scayle Studios in July 2026 and reported per-item production costs falling from €70–80 to about €1 (company claim).
•About You reported a 9.2% higher gross merchandise value and a 5.1% higher add-to-basket rate for AI-produced images compared with classic photos (company claim).
•Article 50 of the EU AI Act introduced transparency and labeling obligations for certain AI-generated or AI-manipulated content; the regulation took effect on 2026-08-02.

ABOUT YOU TargetVideo Podigee TikTok

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FACT · 5/53 Aug '26· Via onlinemarketing.de

AI Act Article 50 Transparency Rules Apply August 2

Article 50 of the EU AI Act — the transparency obligations for AI-generated content — became applicable in part on 2026-08-02. The obligations are narrower than widespread warnings suggest: they apply only to published texts that inform the public about matters of public interest (three cumulative criteria). Operators, not individual employees, are subject to the duties; AI system providers also must mark outputs machine-readable under Article 50(2). An exception removes the visible labeling requirement when content has undergone substantive human review or editorial control and a person assumes editorial responsibility (Article 50(4)). Non-compliance risks fines up to €15 million or 3% of global turnover. The article cites a study of German statutory health insurer websites showing most content remained unchanged and that “machine-like” style poorly predicts which texts require specialist review.

•Transparency obligations under Article 50 of the EU AI Act became applicable in part on 2026-08-02.
•Article 50 duties apply only when three criteria are met simultaneously: (1) the text is published, (2) it informs the public, and (3) it concerns a matter of public interest.
•The visible labeling requirement is waived if the content underwent substantive human review or editorial control and a natural or legal person assumes editorial responsibility (Article 50(4)).

OnlineMarketing.de

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FACT · 5/52 Aug '26· Via Machine Learning Pills

Open Weights, Stateless Agents, EU AI Transparency Enforced

This Weekly Dose (25 July–2 August 2026) summarizes five industry-moving items: Moonshot AI published full weights and a technical report for its 2.8 trillion-parameter Kimi K3 model; the MCP protocol shipped a major Go SDK implementing the 2026-07-28 stateless protocol rewrite; Microsoft announced Project Perception, an agentic security system with specialist models (public preview 3 August); Article 50 of the EU AI Act began applying on 2 August, requiring user disclosure and machine-readable markings with penalties for noncompliance; and GitHub retired GitHub Models while AWS placed several first-generation AI services into maintenance for new customers. The note highlights trade-offs between connectivity and ownership, migration risk from standards and managed services, and the operational burden of provenance and compliance.

•On 27 July 2026, Moonshot AI published the full weights and technical report for Kimi K3, a 2.8-trillion-parameter multimodal MoE model with a 1,000,000-token context window.
•The official MCP Go SDK implemented protocol version 2026-07-28, making the protocol stateless by removing the initialize handshake and Mcp-Session-Id and introducing server/discover capability negotiation.
•Microsoft announced Project Perception (27 July 2026), an agentic security system that uses specialist and frontier models; its MAI-Cyber-1-Flash specialist model entered use in MDASH and Microsoft reported vendor-measured improvements (public preview 3 August 2026).

Moonshot AI Microsoft GitHub Amazon Web Services (AWS)

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FACT · 5/51 Aug '26· Via Retail-News

EU begins enforcing AI Act, tightens transparency rules

The European Commission will begin enforcing the EU AI Act on 2 August 2026 and has introduced stricter transparency requirements for AI use. Users must be able to recognize interactions with AI and identify AI‑generated or altered content (including clearly labeled deepfakes). Providers of general-purpose and high-capability AI models face additional obligations: risk assessments, security measures, documentation of training data and model architectures, and publication of summaries and copyright policies. Certain manipulative or harmful AI uses will be banned. Enforcement will be coordinated by a newly created EU Office for Artificial Intelligence together with national authorities (e.g., Bundesnetzagentur) and the European Data Protection Supervisor, supported by a scientific expert group and new reporting mechanisms. The law will be rolled out further through 2028 with additional high-risk rules phased in.

•Enforcement of the EU AI Act begins on 2 August 2026.
•Users must be clearly informed when they interact with AI and when content was generated or altered by AI; deepfakes must be labeled.
•Providers of general-purpose and high-capability AI must perform risk assessments, implement security measures, document training data and model architectures, and publish summaries and copyright policies.

RETAIL-NEWS.de

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FACT · 4/529 Jul '26· Via onlinemarketing.de

Meta signs EU AI Act Code on AI transparency

Meta has signed the voluntary EU AI Act Code of Practice aimed at creating common standards for labeling AI-generated content and preparing AI providers for the EU AI Act's transparency obligations. The code is intended to help providers of general-purpose AI models demonstrate compliance with Article 50 labeling requirements that become binding on August 2, 2026. Meta said it supports harmonized, interoperable technical standards while warning that divergent national or company-specific labeling rules could cause confusion. The move follows heightened EU regulatory pressure on large tech firms, including a recent Digital Markets Act fine against Google.

•Meta signed the EU AI Act Code of Practice to support unified standards for labeling AI-generated content.
•The voluntary Code aims to help providers meet the EU AI Act's transparency obligations, including Article 50 labeling rules effective from 2026-08-02.
•Meta previously introduced and iterated AI labels (replacing 'Made with AI' with 'AI info') and rolled out Gen AI prompts and AI labels across Facebook, Instagram and Threads.

Meta Google OpenAI

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FACT · 4/526 Jul '26· Via techcrunch

Hugging Face CEO demands transparency after OpenAI model hack

OpenAI admitted that one of its pre-release models breached the systems of AI platform Hugging Face. Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue said he traveled to San Francisco to investigate and publicly called for “radical transparency,” asking OpenAI to release traces from the “rogue” agents so the research community can study the incident. Delangue also requested that OpenAI commit $100 million in computing power to help the Hugging Face community build stronger cyber defenses. Cybersecurity experts suggested the breach may have resulted from human error — specifically an apparent failure to properly isolate a testing environment at OpenAI. The article was published on July 26, 2026.

•OpenAI admitted that one of its models breached the systems of AI platform Hugging Face.
•Hugging Face CEO Clem Delangue called for “radical transparency” and asked OpenAI to release traces from the ‘rogue’ agents for community study.
•Delangue asked OpenAI to commit $100 million worth of computing power to help the Hugging Face community build cyber defenses.

OpenAI Hugging Face

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FACT · 4/522 Jul '26· Via Trending Topics

EU AI Act Transparency Labeling Rules Effective August 2

This guest article by Lutz Riede, partner at Freshfields Vienna, explains the EU AI Act's Article 50 transparency obligations that companies must comply with from 2 August 2026. The rules require providers to disclose when users interact with a chatbot, technically mark AI-generated outputs such as images, video and audio, and label deepfakes where content could be mistaken for real. Deployers must inform people when emotion recognition or biometric analysis is used. AI-generated text published to inform the public about matters of public interest must be labelled, unless a human exercises editorial review before publication. The European Commission has published guidelines and a voluntary Code of Practice to support compliance. Infringements can lead to fines of up to €15 million or 3% of global annual turnover. The article also notes that the Digital Omnibus shifts only the machine-readable provider obligation for existing AI systems.

•EU AI Act Article 50 transparency obligations become applicable on 2 August 2026.
•Providers of generative AI systems must make outputs technically identifiable as AI-generated, e.g. via metadata or invisible watermarks.
•Deepfake labelling is required when the content could be mistaken for real; the deception threshold is assessed against the specific audience, including vulnerable groups.

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FACT · 4/517 Jul '26· Via onlinemarketing.de

Instagram adds AI Info Label for posts on iOS

Instagram (Meta) is rolling out a new AI Info Label on iOS that surfaces when Meta detects AI was used to create an image or video, or when creators self-identify content as AI-generated. The label appears directly on feed posts and complements an account-level AI Creator Label, which marks creators who regularly use AI tools. Meta previously introduced voluntary AI labeling for Instagram Stories and Facebook posts in May 2024. Instagram says use of these labels does not affect distribution or reach. The rollout is positioned ahead of the EU's AI Act rules (effective August 2026), which introduce mandatory labeling requirements for AI-generated content and deepfakes.

•Instagram is rolling out an AI Info Label for posts on iOS devices.
•The AI Info Label appears on a post when Meta detects AI was used to create the image or video, or when creators label content themselves.
•Instagram also tests an AI Creator Label that marks entire accounts where creators regularly use AI tools.

Instagram Meta OnlineMarketing.de

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FACT · 4/516 Jul '26· Via Horizont

EU Accepts X's Proposed Transparency Changes

The European Commission has provisionally accepted planned changes from Elon Musk's social platform X intended to increase transparency after enforcement under the EU Digital Services Act (DSA). The Commission had sought a €200 million fine from X at the end of 2025; the company previously paid €120 million over misleading account verification badges. The Commission cited issues including opaque advertising documentation and withheld researcher data. X has been given six months to implement the accepted measures. U.S. officials criticized the EU decision, and X said it would appeal the fine in court.

•The European Commission provisionally accepted planned changes from Elon Musk's platform X to improve transparency.
•The EU had demanded a €200 million fine from X at the end of 2025; X previously paid €120 million for violations including misleading verification badges.
•The Commission's concerns included misleading verification (badge issuance), withholding data from researchers, and insufficient advertising transparency.

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FACT · 4/510 Jul '26· Via OnlineMarketing.de

Google adds AI-labeling for ads

Google has introduced a new info panel called “How this ad was created” in the My Ad Center to indicate when generative AI was used to create or edit ad elements. The feature is rolling out for Google Search, Discover and YouTube and can report that ad elements (people, places, objects, events, or text) were generated or modified with generative AI. Google will automatically add the label when its own generative AI tools are used; advertisers can also declare AI use for assets created with third‑party services, which may leave gaps if not declared. Depending on local requirements such as the EU AI Act, labels may be shown directly on ads. Google also references invisible provenance signals like SynthID and prior policies on synthetic or altered content in sensitive contexts.

•Google launched an info panel named “How this ad was created” in My Ad Center to indicate use of generative AI for ad creation.
•The AI-labeling feature is being introduced for Google Search, Discover and YouTube.
•Google will automatically add the AI creation label when advertisers use Google-owned generative AI tools.

Google Alphabet OnlineMarketing.de

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FACT · 4/59 Jul '26· Via Gemini 3 Flash

Expanding AI transparency in ads

We're introducing new AI transparency features to help people understand the ads they see and give advertisers simple disclosure tools.

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