The AI Act’s Transparency Obligations: Rules, Scope and Timeline
The EU AI Act includes a set of transparency obligations that apply to certain AI systems, with requirements varying by scope and rolling out on a defined timeline. Law firm Stibbe has published an overview of how these rules are structured and when they take effect.
Why this matters: The AI Act is not one rule that kicks in all at once. Different obligations apply to different systems at different times, which means companies can easily misjudge what they have to do and when. Transparency requirements matter because they are the part that faces outward — toward users and the public. If an AI system has to disclose what it is or how it works, that gives people something to act on. If companies get the timeline wrong, or read the scope too narrowly, those disclosures never happen and users stay in the dark.
Who should care: AI governance · Lawyers · Administrators · Compliance · General readers · Policy
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