Regulatory
EU AI Act Compliance
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 enters full application on August 2, 2026. Article 50 establishes transparency obligations for AI systems interacting with persons and generating synthetic content. The etchgit protocol makes compliance a structural property of the identity layer.
Regulatory
EU AI Act Compliance
Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 enters full application on August 2, 2026. Article 50 establishes transparency obligations for AI systems that interact with persons, generate synthetic content, or perform biometric categorization. The etchgit protocol makes these obligations structural properties of the identity layer, not operational afterthoughts.
August 2, 2026. Transparency obligations under Article 50 become enforceable.
Article 50 — Transparency Obligations
Article 50 applies to providers and deployers of AI systems regardless of risk classification. These are baseline transparency requirements for the AI economy.
Disclosure of AI Interaction
Persons interacting with an AI system must be informed they are doing so. The etchgit protocol attaches verifiable identity metadata to every agent, making disclosure provable rather than declarative.
Machine-Detectable Marking
AI-generated content must be marked in a machine-readable format. etch-id headers provide identity and provenance metadata at the infrastructure layer, enabling automated detection and attribution.
Deepfake Labeling
Synthetic or manipulated content must be visibly labeled. The Trust Badge protocol provides a standardized, embeddable verification mark that communicates agent identity and trust status to end users.
Broader AI Act — Record-Keeping & Documentation
Beyond Article 50, the AI Act imposes logging, documentation, and human oversight obligations on high-risk AI systems. The etchgit protocol addresses these requirements at the infrastructure level.
Decision Audit Trail
High-risk AI systems require logging and record-keeping under Articles 11–14. Each etchgit decision record captures context, reasoning, confidence, and outcome in a tamper-evident git commit.
Regulatory Export
Competent authorities may request documentation of AI system behavior. Complete decision histories are exportable in machine-readable formats, each record anchored to a verifiable git commit SHA.
Transparency Documentation
The AI Act requires technical documentation proportionate to risk classification. The Agent Passport provides a structured, portable identity document that satisfies provenance and capability disclosure requirements.