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Synthetic-media instruments, by article and effective date

How entries are recorded

Every entry names the page it was read from and the date it was read. Values carry two dates: when the value was first recorded or last changed, and when it was last checked. A check that finds the same value still moves the check date. As of 2026-09-12.

The two dates on every value, and why a confirmation still moves one of themEvery entry names the page it was read from and the date it was read. A value carries a date for when it was first recorded or last changed, and a date for when it was last checked. A check that finds nothing different still advances the check date, because the work of looking is what the reader is relying on.RecordedCheckedWhose activity it reflectsThe vendor publishing somethingThis record looking againMoved by an unchanged checkNoYesWhat a stale one tells youThe value has been steadyNobody has looked recentlyEvery entry also names the page it was read from
Fig. 1 One of these dates belongs to the vendor and the other belongs to this record. Conflating them is how a register starts looking fresher than it is.

1What gets an entry

An instrument earns an entry when it carries operative language about generated audio, image, video or text, and that language can be read in a published version. Bills in negotiation, draft guidance and commentary are left out until there is a text to quote. Where an instrument is long, the entry is written at the level of the numbered paragraph that imposes the duty, because that is the unit a reader has to act on; a page that says only what a whole regulation is about cannot answer whether anyone has to do anything.

2Where the wording comes from

Every fact row names the page behind it and links there. Where a reading comes from a compilation rather than from a gazette, the entry names the compilation, so a reader can weigh it for themselves rather than being told to trust a summary. The current entries are read from the AI Act Explorer, maintained by the Future of Life Institute.

Passages carrying operative language are quoted rather than paraphrased. Paraphrase is where meaning quietly shifts: a duty that applies as far as technically feasible becomes a flat requirement, a narrowing becomes an exemption. Quoted text is marked as a quotation and linked to the page it was read from, and the surrounding explanation is plainly the site's own.

3What the two dates mean

A value carries the date it was first recorded or last changed, and the date it was last checked. The two are printed together on every fact row. When both are the same the row says so once, which is the normal state for a newly recorded value. A check that finds no change still advances the check date, so an old check date means nobody has looked recently, not that the value is stale.

Page dates work differently from fact dates. A page shows its update date only when its content actually changed; rebuilding the site does not move it. That is deliberate: a date that moves every time a machine runs tells a reader nothing about whether the page was edited.

4Corrections

Where a source page and this record disagree, the source page wins and the entry is changed. Where two published statements from the same body disagree with each other, both are shown with their dates rather than one being picked. Nothing on this site is legal advice, and no entry says whether a product or a production complies with anything.