The European Union (EU) has issued updated guidance to help companies better understand—as well as comply with—the transparency requirements that underpin the bloc’s groundbreaking legislation aimed at ensuring safe AI use.

Experts say the new guidance reflects a broader shift in EU regulation toward making AI systems more accountable and understandable to the public. “It translates the AI Act’s transparency rules into operational steps that companies can actually implement, and it is likely to function as a de facto compliance standard,” said Naomi Grossman, compliance manager at compliance eLearning and software provider VinciWorks.

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