Regulation and ethics · 2026-10-05

OpenAI Explains How It Is Preparing for EU Rules on Text Provenance

OpenAI has published its approach to new European Union rules on how to label texts created by AI.

✨ What It's About

OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, has published a statement about how it is approaching European Union rules on text provenance. The name of these rules is "text provenance rules," and in simple terms, they are about how to show that a text was created by AI rather than a human.

For an ordinary reader, this matters for a simple reason: when AI writes articles, answers, or letters, it can be hard for a person to tell who the author really is. That is why regulators in different countries are increasingly requiring that such texts be recognizable.

📌 What This Could Mean for Users

The short announcement we saw does not include detailed information about the specific requirements or the company's steps. OpenAI's full text will show which exact labels or mechanisms it plans to use.

Overall, such rules are meant to help fight disinformation and fraud, and to let people understand what they are dealing with when they read text online.

Sources: 🔗 Google News