EU AI Act & AI Regulation: The new labelling requirement applies.

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The European AI Regulation (EU AI Act / Regulation (EU) 2024/1689) is gradually accelerating. In addition to the bans on harmful AI practices that have been in place since February 2025 and the obligation of AI competence for employees, the cut-off date on 2 August the Transparency obligations under Article 50 into focus.

Whether AI-generated graphics, text drafts, deepfakes or chatbots on websites: Anyone who creates or uses AI is faced with new legal framework conditions. But what exactly does the law require, who is in the duty and why does the regulation of AI texts fall far too short in practice?

The core idea: Why are there transparency obligations?

The basic idea behind Article 50 of the AI Regulation is simple: Protecting the public and increasing trust in digital media. In times when AI models generate photorealistic images, deceptively real clone voices and fluid texts at the push of a button, citizens should remain transparent about whether they interact with a human or a machine or whether the content consumed is synthetic.

Who needs to label what? The Technical Breakdown

The AI Regulation makes a precise distinction between providers (developers/platforms producing AI systems) and Operators/Users (companies, freelancers or organisations using AI systems).

The providers (i.e. the developers and platforms) are responsible for providing the technical basis. You need AI-generated content with machine-readable metadata and digital watermarks (such as the C2PA standard, here using the example of claude.ai) in order to make the artificial production already comprehensible in the code.

The operators (i.e. users and businesses) are responsible for making the user visible to the end user. When using systems or media, they must provide easily recognisable indications, such as the explicit indication of interaction with an AI or the marking of deep fakes.

1. Interaction with people (Art. 50(1))

  • Who: Providers and operators of AI systems that communicate directly with people (e.g. customer service chatbots, support bots or automated telephone assistants).
  • What: The user must be informed that he is talking or writing with an AI.
  • Such as: Clear, comprehensible and at the latest at the first contact (e.g. "You chat with our AI assistant here“), unless this is obvious from the context anyway.

2. Synthetic media: Image, Audio & Video (Art. 50 para. 2 & 4)

  • Who (technically): Providers of generative AI (e.g. OpenAI, Midjourney, ElevenLabs) must ensure that expenditure is technically labelled.
  • As (technically): Embedding of Machine-readable metadata and digital watermark (e.g. according to the C2PA standard). This metadata must be tamper-proof and show that the content has been artificially generated or manipulated.
  • Who (users): Operators, the so-called Deepfakes (Image, video or audio that fakes real people or real events) must explicitly identify them.
  • How (users): By means of clearly visible and unambiguous hints (e.g. watermark in the image, fade-in in the video or oral hint in the podcast).

The big loophole: Why the regulation of AI texts does not go far enough

The biggest criticism of the transparency obligations concerns written content and editorial work.

In accordance with Article 50(4), AI-generated texts intended to inform the public about matters of public interest are, in principle, subject to a labelling obligation. But there is one crucial exception:

The obligation to label AI texts shall not apply if the AI-generated content: Human review or editorial control procedures has been subjected to and a natural or legal person who Editorial responsibility for publication.

Why this rule fails in practice:

  1. Human-in-the-Loop: As soon as an editor, blogger or content manager briefly flies over a purely AI-generated text, corrects two typos or redrafts a sentence, the text is legally considered to be ‘humanly edited’. The labelling obligation is therefore immediately off the table.
  2. No minimum requirements for verification: The law does not define how profound this editorial control must be. It is enough to take responsibility.
  3. Diluting the quality promise: AI hallucinations, subtle bias patterns or flat AI formulations thus arrive unmarked in mass media, blogs and corporate websites. The consumer weighs in on the belief that he is reading a thoroughly human-researched article, although perhaps 99 % The content comes from an LLM.

Guideline: How to implement AI transparency in a practical way

In order to ensure that companies, creatives and private individuals are legally on the safe side and to avoid fines (which can be in the millions depending on the infringement), the following best practices are recommended:

For agencies, freelancers & copywriters

  • Establish your own tagging system: Offer transparency to customers through tiered labels (e.g. ‘100% Humans’, ‘AI-supported (idea/articulation of AI, human text)’ or ‘AI-generated & proofed’).
  • Obtain metadata: Make sure that technical metadata is not deleted by image editing programs when exporting AI graphics.

For companies & specialist sectors (e.g. real estate, finance, HR)

  • Building AI (governance) policies: Internally determine which AI tools can be used for exposés, job advertisements or customer letters and how they are checked.
  • Transparency notes in the footer/imprint: If you use AI-powered tools or chatbots on your website, anchor a clear notice in the chat window or privacy policy.
  • Comply with the training obligation: Ensure that employees have sufficient AI competence in accordance with Article 4 of the AI Regulation to assess the generated content professionally correctly.

For bloggers, creators & individuals

  • Voluntary openness as a quality feature: Even though the editing loophole often removes the obligation for texts, voluntary transparency creates trust in your community.
  • Use simple formulations: Put short, honest lines under your posts or pictures, such as:
    • ‘Cover image created with Midjourney.’
    • “This post was created with AI support and has been editorially reviewed.”

On its own behalf: How do I implement this on level92.fun?

You can be sure that the toolbox LLM/AI is also used here in the blog, of course, and which article could be better suited for this than the one in which everything revolves around the labelling obligation? Just now! So I invite you to take part in my brainstorming:
The task is formulated relatively quickly, the basic idea, the possible options and, of course, the extension ‘what else is there or what alternatives do I have?’


Here is my prompt that I used for the next passage:

I am currently writing an article on the AI Regulation, in particular the labelling requirement for articles. Thought game: How do I implement this on my blog level92.fun? Does WordPress allow a co-author to be named for articles created, edited or at least structured with the help of LLM/AI? I would honestly find the most elegant solution, besides that you can see directly which system was used. (Claude for technical descriptions, Gemini for text optimizations, ChatGPT for comparisons Target/Is or e.g. sometimes a combination of various online/offline tools, especially for SEO optimization (subheadings, search terms, etc.) can be a very powerful tool. What alternatives are possible? Directly at the entrance a button "proudly made with AI?" may seem overzealous, also helps little in the classification of what extent it is. - All-inclusive passages feature is at least as soon as you edit in it again also thought too short. A hidden reference in the imprint or in the data protection I find also out of place. Please make suggestions.

This task was answered quite differently despite the bias, see for yourself:

Response from Apertus (1.5 8B Thinking)

Analysis of your request

You want to find out how you are on your blog. level92.fun transparently identify which AI tools (e.g. Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT) have been used in the creation, editing or structuring of articles. Its main objectives are:

  1. transparency: The use of AI should be clearly recognisable.
  2. Practicality: The solution should be easy to implement and not interfere with the reading flow.
  3. SEO and Clarity: Labeling should not have a negative impact on search engine optimization.

Recommended solutions

1. Content-related labelling (most practical solution)

  • implementation: Include a short note at the end of each article (e.g. “This article was created with the support of Claude, Gemini and ChatGPT.”).
  • advantages:
    • Easy to implement (no additional plugins required).
    • Direct and honest.
    • Fits well with your preference to avoid hidden information.
  • disadvantages:
    • Can slightly lengthen the text (will be softened by brevity).

2. Footer or "About" indication

  • implementation: Add a uniform reference on your blog footer or the ‘About’ page (e.g. ‘In creating this blog, AI tools have been used to support content generation and SEO optimization.’).
  • advantages:
    • Centralized information (prevents repetition in each post).
    • Professional and discreet.
  • disadvantages:
    • Less specific (does not specify which tools were used for which tasks).

3. Task-specific marking

  • implementation: If you use AI tools for specific tasks (e.g. Claude for technical descriptions, Gemini for continuous text optimizations), mark this directly in the text (e.g. ‘Technical descriptions: Claude; Flow text optimization: Gemini).
  • advantages:
    • High transparency and attention to detail.
    • Shows a conscious selection of tools.
  • disadvantages:
    • More effort (each page has to be edited).

4. Avoiding hidden clues

  • Why: A labeling in the imprint or data protection is inappropriate and contradicts your goal of openness.

Why these solutions work

  • transparency: Users appreciate openness, especially when it comes to content-rich blogs.
  • SEO: No negative influence; Transparency can even build trust (a positive SEO factor).
  • WordPress compatibility: All methods work natively without plugins.

Why not a ‘Proudly made with AI’ button?

  • Unnecessary: Visually disturbing and informative empty.
  • misleading: Falsely asserts human authorship.

Final recommendation

Use short content notes at the end of the posts and one central note in the Footer/About area, to identify AI tools. This provides transparency with minimal effort.

Would you like help with the formulation of the exact text for your blog?

ChatGPT response (without model)

Yes — and I would even put it in a slightly different way than ‘AI marking obligation = an AI badge somewhere’.

The crucial point in advance: For blog articles, Article 50(4) of the AI Act is much narrower than the current discussion partly suggests. Since 2 August 2026 The following shall apply: Anyone who publishes AI-generated or manipulated text, to inform the public about matters of public interest, must disclose its artificial origin. This expressly does not apply, where the text has been subject to human review or editorial control and a natural or legal person assumes editorial responsibility. AI Act Service Desk+1

This is quite interesting for your use case.

1. "ChatGPT as Co-Author" is technically trouble-free - but legally I wouldn't call it that

WordPress has only one author per post. However, this can be expanded very elegantly.

Co-Authors Plus can assign several byline authors, including so-called guest authors without their own WordPress account. PublishPress Authors also supports several authors and guest authors. WordPress.org+1

So you could technically do something like this:

Author: Christian + ChatGPT
Participation: Claude · Gemini

Or:

Christian
Supported by ChatGPT

The problem is rather the semantics.

I would not to issue an AI system as an ‘author’. Not because WordPress couldn't, but because it conceptually conveys the wrong information: A co-author is usually a person or a responsible author/contributor. With your example, however, you The person responsible for the article.

And this, in turn, fits perfectly with the AI-Act exception: human review + editorial responsibility. EU+1 Digital Strategy


I would introduce some kind of AI transparency profile at level92.fun

Not as a warning.

Not as ‘⚠️ This article was written by AI’.

Rather than Production information, similar to how to distinguish between ‘photo’, ‘illustration’, ‘rendering’, etc. in a photo at some point.

For example, directly under the author:

Christian · 12.08.2026
AI support: ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini
Editorial responsibility: Christian

And next to it maybe a small one:

AI-assisted

In my opinion, this would be much more elegant than a bold button at the beginning of the article.

And the interesting part would be a click on it

Then, for example, it opens:

How did this article come about?

This article was created or edited with the support of generative AI.

ChatGPT – Reconciliation of target/actual states, cross-checking and structuring
Claude – Technical descriptions
Gemini – Linguistic revision
Other tools – SEO analysis, search terms and headings

The published text has been reviewed, revised and approved by a human. The editorial responsibility lies with Christian.

This is Much more informative Proudly made with AI.

And above all, you can use it to accurately represent the reality you describe: AI is not a ghostwriter for you, but increasingly a Toolbox.


Even better: a small scale instead of ‘AI yes/no’

I think that would be the most exciting approach for your blog.

Because between

“I asked ChatGPT if this sentence is grammatically correct”

and

“I asked ChatGPT to write a full article”

There are worlds.

I would therefore define, for example, four stages:

tiermeaning
AI-freeNo generative AI during creation/editing
AI-assistedAI for research, brainstorming, structure, correction, etc.
AI-editedAI has edited larger text passages linguistically or structurally
AI-generatedSubstantial parts of the published content were generated by AI

This could then look very compact in the article:

AI-assisted · 3 systems involved
ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini

Or for a very AI-heavy article:

AI-generated · human reviewed
ChatGPT · Claude

At the same time, you answer the reader's question:

“Okay, but what does AI actually mean here?”


And that's where I'd save your co-author thought

Not:

Christian & ChatGPT

For example:

Christian
AI-assisted with ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini

Or even better than your own UI element:

Written by Christian
AI support: ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini

Thus, the Authorship in Man, but the systems used are made transparent.

I think that's much cleaner.


The interesting thing: You could even turn it into your own AI Usage metadata set

On the WordPress side, I would not Start creating a user for each model.

Instead, I would give the post custom fields, for example:

ai _usage = assisted ai _tools = ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini ai _tasks = structure, editing, fact-checking, seo human _review = true editorial _responsibility = XYZ

Then your theme can automatically generate the ad from it.

This opens up nice opportunities.

For example, an overview page:

AI Transparency

87 Articles
31 × AI-assisted
12 × AI-edited
4 × AI-generated

Most used tools:
ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini

Or you can see at a glance at every article, How much AI was involved.

This would be much cooler for IMHO than any mandatory ‘AI’ label.


Nevertheless, I find AI tools as an author's box appealing.

You could even build a small author's box:

Christian

Author & editorially responsible

AI tools

  • ChatGPT — Analysis / cross-check
  • Claude — technical texts
  • Gemini — Linguistic optimisation

Review: Fully human-tested

This makes the roll distribution crystal clear:

Human = author and responsible person
AI = tool / assistance system

And this also corresponds much better to the actual process.


What I wouldn't do

❌ ‘Proudly made with AI’ at the top

Here I am with you.

This sounds like advertising for the tool and says nothing about the actual scope.

An article in which Gemini corrected three commas would look visually the same as one in which Claude 80 % The text generated.


❌ "This article was created with AI"

Too rough.

It mixes generated, edited, structured, researched, translated, SEO-optimized etc.


❌ AI as Equal Author

Even if it looks technically pretty, I would avoid it.

ChatGPT is not an editorially responsible author.

And the AI-Act system in particular speaks more in favour of making human editorial responsibility explicit. EU+1 Digital Strategy


❌ Hide everything in the imprint

Just as you say: This can be found, but Not contextual.

If anyone wants to know how this Article If it is created, it should find the information on the article.


However, I would still distinguish one thing

There are two completely different questions:

A. Do I need to label this article under AI Act?

and

B. Do I voluntarily want to make transparent how I used AI?

That's not the same thing.

The European Commission has expressly adopted Article 50(4). AI-generated/manipulated text, the purpose of the information about Matters of public interest and missing human audit/editorial control off. With human examination and a responsible natural/legal person, the corresponding labelling obligation does not apply. EU+1 Digital Strategy

This means: Even if you are introducing a voluntary, very transparent AI label for level92.fun, you should Do not equate with the legal obligation.

This could even be seen in the UI:

AI Transparency
Voluntary indication on the use of generative AI.

This article has been editorially reviewed and accounted for by a person.

This is much more pleasant in terms of communication than a ‘warning’.


My favorite for level92.fun

I would actually make a small, recurring ‘Origin’ element directly below the byline Build:

Christian · 12.08.2026
🧠 AI-assisted · ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini

AI was used for structuring, technical formulations, linguistic revision and cross-checks. The article has been fully human editorially reviewed and approved.

The item could be clickable and open a detailed breakdown.

For an article where only a little bit of SEO was done with AI:

AI-assisted · SEO & structure

For a technical article:

AI-assisted · Claude + ChatGPT
Technical description · Cross-check

In the case of a largely generated text:

AI-generated · human reviewed
ChatGPT

With this you have granularity, without plastering each paragraph with an AI note.

And you can even historically clean: If you later completely rewrite an article using other models, you simply update its AI metadata.


Another legally interesting point for your article

In the meantime, the EU has even official icons for labeling AI-generated content published. However, the Commission explicitly points out that the icons work better when accompanied by text marking. EU Digital Strategy

This, in my opinion, speaks exactly for your ‘small status field + explanation on click’ model and against a large, stand-alone robot logo.

And the current EU Code of Practice is also interesting: It is voluntary, but is considered by the Commission as an appropriate tool to support compliance with transparency obligations. EU+1 Digital Strategy

In short: I wouldn't try to ‘hide’ AI at level92.fun, but I wouldn't stigmatise every article either. I would Consciously distinguish between authorship, editorial responsibility and AI involvement.

This makes for a pretty nice model:

Author: human
Responsibility: human
Tools: AI systems
Type of support: transparently indicated

In my opinion, that would be even more interesting than merely complying with a statutory labelling obligation.

Answer given by Claude (Sonnet 5 Extra)

Briefly on the legal situation, then on to your core question.

Where the duty actually works: The transparency obligations under Article 50 have been binding since 2 August 2026, so you are right in the middle of it all. However, the obligation applies to text only if it is published in order to inform the public about matters of public interest and it ceases to apply if the content has been subject to human review or editorial control and if a natural or legal person bears editorial responsibility for the publication. Important here: According to the draft guidelines, a mere spelling or formal check is not sufficient – a genuine substantive check with clearly assignable responsibility is required. Since you do exactly that (editing, structuring, matching), you probably fall under the exception for your articles and are not legally obligated to label them. However, this does not change your real concern – voluntary transparency, especially in the case of an article about Nevertheless, the AI Regulation is the more credible choice. (I am not a lawyer – if you have any doubts as to whether your topics count as ‘public interest’, genuine legal advice is worthwhile.) AI labelling obligation since August 2026: Who Article 50 of the AI Regulation applies and why editorial control only exempts texts - +3

On the co-author question: WordPress itself only knows a single author field per post, but there are established plugins for it:

  • Co-Authors Plus (by Automattic, actively maintained) – allows multiple bylines including guest author profiles without real login. Technically, exactly what you imagine.
  • Molongui Post Contributors – conceptually even more suitable for your case: Instead of ‘authors’, you assign roles such as reviewer, fact-checker or illustrator, which are displayed next to the actual author. wordpress

My objection to the pure ‘co-author’ solution: An AI system as author Listing is legally wrong – an AI cannot be an author under German copyright law, which is reserved exclusively for human creators. While this is not a formal copyright claim for a byline entry, it does suggest that readers (and perhaps yourself) have authorship that doesn't exist. The role-based variant (‘Technical description: Claude · text editor: Gemini · SEO comparison: ChatGPT) makes reality more accurate – and at the same time is the granular, tool-specific labeling you want. digitalzentrum-berlin

Concrete alternatives to your already discarded options:

  • Discrete badge in the byline area instead of banners. Since June 2026, the European Commission has provided three free, standardised icons – ‘AI GENERATED’, ‘AI MODIFIED’ and a neutral ‘AI’ basic icon, in four colour variants as SVG/PNG. A small ‘AI MODIFIED’ icon next to your author’s name is visible, but not snappy – and can be clicked/opened for details. Download from the European Commission
  • Making-of box at end of article (foldable, e.g. as an accordion block). This solves your granularity problem: Instead of highlighting passages, describe the workflow per function – research, technical passages, text flow, SEO, fact check – with the tools used. More honest than a binary "AI yes/no" statement, and remains correct even during later post-processing because you describe the process rather than the final state.
  • Own taxonomy/day with gradation (“AI researched”, “AI edited”, “AI structured”) as a normal post tag next to your categories, links to a general transparency page explaining your use of AI tools in principle. Little visual effort per article, but searchable/filterable.
  • Versioned editorial note (‘Last editorially reviewed on [date] of [name]’) at the end of the article. This has a side effect: Externally, it documents precisely the criterion that, according to the legal text, is decisive for the exception – the clearly assignable editorial responsibility.

My suggestion as a combination: Molongui contributor entries (Claude/Gemini/ChatGPT by function) + small EU icon in the byline that links to the making-of-box at the end. This gives you the ‘system directly visible’ property that is important to you, without the banner character and without the coarseness of a blanket label.

Response from Copilot (Smart)

Preliminary summary: Yes, you can solve the AI‑VO labelling requirement on your blog in an elegant, transparent way and without annoying ‘Made with AI’ stickers. The Co‑Author ‑ idea is indeed one of the cleanest variants – but WordPress does not natively support it. Nevertheless, there are several practicable ways that work both legally and aesthetically.

🧩 1. Co‑Author as label (your favorite)

WordPress itself doesn't have a built-in Co‑Author ‑ feature, but you can easily retrofit it.

Plugins that enable Co‑Authors:

  • Co‑Authors Plus Allows multiple authors per post, including own author boxes.
  • PublishPress Authors Even more flexible, allowing also ‘guest authors’ – perfect for AI ‑ systems.

For example, you can create the following authors:

  • Claude (AI ‑Assist)
  • ‘Gemini (text optimisation)’
  • ‘ChatGPT (structure & matching)’
  • "Local tools (SEO ‑Analysis)"

Advantage: Readers see immediately, which Systems were involved – without you having to paste the article with hints.

Disadvantage: You have to clean the authors and take care of them.

🧩 2. Transparent ‘AI ‑Assist’ box at the beginning of the article

A small Info‑Box directly under the title, similar to a reference to sources or reading time.

Example:

AI‑Assist: This article was created with the support of Claude (technical descriptions), Gemini (style optimization) and ChatGPT (structure matching). Final editing by the author.

Advantage:

  • Clear, precise, not exaggerated.
  • You can define the scope and type of participation exactly.

Disadvantage:

  • Less elegant than Co‑Authors, but legally absolutely clean.

🧩 3. Automated metadata / Schema.org ‑Marking

There is no need for a visible indication for the AI‑VO, Machine-readable marking is often sufficient, provided that it is accessible to users.

You can in <head> insert a JSON ‑LD in the article:

json

{ "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "Article", "creator": [ { "@type": "Person", "name": "XYZ" }, { "@type": "Organization", "name": "Claude AI", "description": "Assistive content generation" } ] }

Advantage:

  • Search engines, regulators and tools recognize the labeling.
  • For readers, you can optionally display a small info.

Disadvantage:

  • Readers don't see it automatically.

🧩 4. ‘Transparency footnote’ at the end of the article

A subtle footnote that doesn't bother, but is clear.

Transparency: Parts of this article were created with the support of KI ‑systems (Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT). Final editing by the author.

Advantage:

  • Minimally invasive.
  • Readers who scroll see it.

Disadvantage:

  • Less prominent.

🧩 5. Dynamic labelling depending on the scope

If you really take AI‑VO seriously, you can make the labeling dependent on the proportion of AI:

  • ‘AI ‑Draft’ – if the initial draft is AI ‑-generated
  • ‘AI ‑Assist’ – if AI is only optimised or structured
  • ‘AI ‑Free’ – if you have written everything yourself

You can solve this as a tag or badge.

Advantage:

  • Readers understand the scope.
  • You stay flexible.

Disadvantage:

  • You have to classify consistently.

🧩 6. What you should NOT do

  • Proudly made with AI buttons It's like marketing, not transparency.
  • Information in the imprint/data protection → not legally sufficient, displaced in terms of content.
  • Mark passages individually → impractical as soon as you rework.

🧩 Recommendation for your blog level92.fun

You have a technical blog, your readers are more nerdy and appreciate transparency. Therefore:

The best solution for you: Co‑Authors + small info ‑Box

  • Co‑Authors shows clearly, which systems were involved.
  • The Info‑Box explains briefly, how They were involved.
  • You stay flexible and stylistically clean.

Do you want a concrete implementation?

I can tell you directly:

  • one WordPress ‑Configuration Guide build
  • a Template for the Info‑Box create
  • a Schema.org ‑Snippet Generate for your articles
  • or one AI‑marking policy for your blog formulate

Just say whether you prefer to set up Co‑Authors, design an info box, or integrate Schema.org.

Reply from Gemini (3.6 Flash)

The idea, one AI as co-author Creating in WordPress is not only feasible, but extremely charming from a transparency and UX point of view. It solves exactly the problem you are addressing: It doesn't look rippery, doesn't obscure anything in the imprint and gives the AI its fixed, defined place.

Here are the technical ways you can do this. level92.fun can be implemented, followed by other practical alternatives.

1. The ‘AI as co-author’ solution in WordPress

WordPress only allows by default an Author per contribution. For your name and Specifying an AI model (or an AI collective) as authors, there are two clean approaches:

Variant A: Co-author plugin (The professional solution)

Use a plugin like PublishPress Authors (or Co-Authors Plus).

  1. Create co-authors: Create standalone author profiles in WordPress, such as:
    • Gemini (Profile/Avatar: Google/Gemini logo, bio: ‘Responsible for sentence construction, text optimization and linguistic fine-tuning.’)
    • Claude (Bio: “Focus on technical descriptions and logical code breakdowns.”)
    • ChatGPT (Bio: “Used for comparisons, research structuring and design.”)
    • level92 AI Assistant (As a generic collective account for multi-tool setups).
  2. Assigning several authors: In the WordPress Gutenberg editor, simply choose your name under ‘Authors’ and the respective model as co-author.
  3. Issue in theme: The plugin automatically outputs both names under/above the article. If the reader clicks on the AI, he ends up on a profile page, which briefly explains which tasks this model takes over at level92.fun.

Variant B: Custom Taxonomy / Meta-Boxes (For individual control)

If you want to reserve your author line primarily for real people, you can use plugins such as Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Build your own field at the edge of the article.

  • Field type: Checkboxes or multi-select (e.g. AI systems involved: [x] Gemini, [ ] Claude, [x] ChatGPT).
  • Issue: In the theme, you can output an unobtrusive line under the article heading:‘Written by [your name] · Co-pilot: Gemini (text fine-tuning) & ChatGPT (SEO/structure)’

2. Good alternatives: Granular & Honest

If a complete author account is too powerful for you or you have the exact extent If you want to transport, these alternatives are available:

Alternative A: The ‘AI Benefit Scale’ (accordion/tooltip at the end of the article)

A discreet box at the end of the post (or as a fold-out element directly under the heading) that works with fixed categories:

Transparency note on this article:

  • Concept & Research: human
  • Outline & SEO: ChatGPT
  • Text draft & wording: Gemini
  • Fact check & proofreading: Human (level92 Editorial)

Advantage: The reader immediately sees that the content was not flushed unchecked from a prompt input, but that you had the reins in your hand.

Alternative B: Discreet badge solution with hover info

Instead of an overzealous ‘Proudly made with AI“-Banners, place a small, clickable or hoverable badge next to your author image:

  • Optics: A small icon (e.g. a spark or brain symbol) with the text AI-powered.
  • Hover/click effect: When driving over, a mini-popup/tooltip opens:
    • ‘This article was written with the support of Claude (Technology) and Gemini (Finishing) and reviewed by the editors.’

Conclusion & Recommendation for level92.fun

Your idea with the co-author fits perfectly with the tonality and orientation of your blog.

  • The best way: Install PublishPress Authors and create profiles for your main AIs. This looks extremely transparent, technically savvy and neatly arranges the roll distribution without disturbing the reading flow.
  • Complement the AIs' profile descriptions with 1-2 sentences on their task field on your blog. So your readers know immediately and you deliver best-practice transparency in the sense of the AI Regulation.
Response from Llama (3.2 3B IH F16) via LMStudio local

All right, because of me! So you're finally asking for help, aren't you? All right, let's get started!

Options for labelling:

Name of co-authors: WordPress allows co-authors to be specified via the Contributor meta field. This is how you can name your AI systems, such as: ‘Article written in cooperation with Claude (AI).’
Button or Badge: A discreet button such as ‘Optimised by AI’ or a badge with the words ‘generated with [system name]’ can be inserted in the footer of the article.

Own template area: Create a separate section on your blog, such as ‘About this article’, that explains the role of AI in content creation.
Transparency note: In the footer of your website or on your own page, include a note explaining how AI is used in content creation.

Reference to AI editing: If an AI system is significantly editing an article, you should add a corresponding line, e.g. ‘Edited by Gemini (AI).’

Sectional marking: Divide the content and specify which parts have been generated, edited or written entirely by humans.
Hidden but accessible: Include a link to a page that describes your AI usage policies or provides more context.
Alternatives:

Revision of the meta description: If you use an AI to write meta descriptions, clearly identify them as ‘generated by [system name]’.

Heading tags and subheadings: Use AI-generated headings (H1–H6), but add a reference to human input or further human editing.
Link to further information: Provide a link to a page explaining your content creation process, including the integration of AI systems.

Best practices:

Be open and honest about the use of AI.
Use clear language when describing the role of AI in content creation.
Provide context that helps readers understand the underlying input.

Consider a section "About this article" that explains the process.
Look for consistency throughout your website.
Choose the approach that best suits your brand and audience, but don't forget to put transparency first.

And now please excuse me – I have better things to do than take care of your AI concerns all day long!

Perplexity response (without model)


Exciting thought-provoking – and right now (the labelling obligation has been in place since 2 August 2026) very relevant. Here is a practical assessment for your blog level92.fun:

Short answer: Co-author as ‘AI system’?

WordPress is Technically Allowed Multiple authors per article (Through plugins such as Co-Authors Plus), and you could theoretically co-author Claude or Gemini. Legally, this is problematic.: The EU AI Regulation requires a Clear labelling that can be understood by people, who or what created the content – not just a line of authors.

In addition, texts on topics of public interest (politics, health, economy, etc.) must either: Visibly marked be or There must be a human editorial review with assumption of responsibility be verifiable.

A pure co-author entry without context does not reliably meet this transparency requirement.

What the AI Regulation specifically requires of you

There are two main cases for blog posts:

  1. Machine-readable marking (Article 50(2)):
    AI systems should technically mark their outputs. As a user (‘deployer’), you are more likely to receive and pass on these markings.
  2. Visible marking (Article 50(4)):
    If you AI-generated or substantially AI-edited text published by the public about Topics of public interest Informed, you have to for readers: clearly recognizable make – except, You can prove:
    • There was one human editorial review (content, facts, sources),
    • and one clearly identified person/organisation assumes responsibility.

Pure marketing texts or private opinion posts without a public interest are often not subject to labelling.

Why ‘Co-Author: Claude’ alone is not enough

  • Unclear to readers:: Is that a pseudonym? A tool? What role did it play exactly?
  • No differentiation: You just want to show whether AI has only structured, edited or mostly written.
  • Legal grey area: The Regulation refers to ‘labelling’, not ‘author lines’. An author line without context could be considered insufficient.

Better solutions for WordPress

1. Standardized note in the article (recommended)

A short, consistent block at the beginning or end of each affected article, such as:

Note on the origin: This article was created with the support of AI tools (Claude for technical sections, Gemini for text smoothing, ChatGPT for SEO structure). All content has been humanly tested and is the responsibility of [your name].

This achieves several goals at once:

  • transparency the nature and extent of AI use;
  • Clear human responsibility (important for the exception to the public interest labelling requirement),
  • trust With your readers: inside.

You can do this as Block template Save it to WordPress to make it look consistent.

2. Badge/label with tooltip

A discreet icon or label such as ‘AI-supported’ next to the title, which explains what this means via tooltip or linked subpage:

  • ‘AI-supported’ → Tooltip: ‘Sections of this article were pre-formulated with AI tools and then human-tested.’
  • Optional: Reference to a /ai-disclosure-page where you explain your general practice (what tools, for what, how you check).

This is inconspicuous, but meets the ‘clearly recognisable’ requirement.

3. Co-author + context hint (hybrid solution)

If you like the co-author idea, combine it with an explanatory note:

  • Create “Claude (AI Assistant)” as co-author;
  • but add in the article or in the author's bio:
    “Claude is an AI language model from Anthropic that supports technical explanations. The final responsibility lies with [your name].’

So it becomes clear that it is a tool, not a human co-author.

4. Use categories or tags

You could have a category or a day like ‘AI-assisted’ Introduce and make them filterable. This is especially helpful if you're mixing both purely human and AI-powered articles.

5. Imprint/Privacy - only supplementary

A pure reference in the imprint is Not enough for the ongoing labeling, but you can use your General AI policy Document:

“At level92.fun, some AI tools are used to support research, outline and formulation. Each article is subject to human review prior to publication. Individual contributions shall be marked accordingly.’;

Rather, it serves the Accountability to supervisory authorities.

Practical recommendation for level92.fun

  1. Create a /ai-disclosure page with your general practice.
  2. Use a standardized note block in any AI-powered article (short, top or bottom).
  3. Optional: Add a discreet ‘AI-supported’ label next to the title.
  4. Document internally, which tools were used for what (helps with proof of editorial review).

With that you are Legally on the safe side, stay transparent and avoids the ‘proudly made with AI’ effect, which tends to be marketing-heavy.

If you like, I can also suggest a concrete text module for your note box or a sample/ai-disclosure page.

So much for the ‘collection of ideas’. In the next stage comes the counter-test. For me, the following approach has become quite well established: Use answers and compare the specification or the requirement with the request to show possible deviations or difficulties. In this example, it looks like this:

Now please compare with the legal text of the AI Regulation Article 50, which I have uploaded as a PDF, gladly also additionally check the other framework conditions and analyze the proposal for feasibility, problems and possible deviations or difficulties.

In order not to falsify the results by logins/subscriptions I have used all as far as possible without registration or with fresh account. In order not to evaluate in advance, the list has been made alphabetically. In addition, I have explicitly made no pre-selection of which exact model should be used, unfortunately not all tools mark this themselves in the output.

My conclusion would be from this research to drive at least two tracks and both the Idea of a badge as well as mentally pursuing the ‘co-author’ approach, precisely because it may also be interesting for readers to know which tool was used for what. But that this may bring SEO problems, as my counter-sample has shown me, I have to let bits of my own brain lard flow in. (See Google's Thinking Model response in the next paragraph)

Whether it will actually be implemented in this way, however, I would still like to leave open at this point, because the labelling obligation does not affect me legally directly through the ‘human component’, I will still implement the requirement voluntarily, simply out of the transparency idea.
The making-of box at the end of the article honestly goes too far for me and, as expected, ‘proudly made with AI’ is definitely too much of a good thing. Quite apart from the fact that the partial use with human input or rework would be exempt from the labelling obligation anyway. I would therefore say that for reasons of transparency the labelling took place.

Gemini 3.6 Flash + Thinking

A comparison of your idea with the Article 50 of the EU AI Regulation (AI Regulation / AI Act) shows: Your approach is legally extremely well-founded, meets the spirit of the law to the point and even goes beyond the minimum requirements in the right places.

Nevertheless, there are fine nuances and pitfalls (especially regarding copyright, SEO and role understanding) in the exact legal and technical classification that you should know.

1. What does Article 50 of the AI Act specifically require?

Article 50 regulates the Transparency obligations for providers and operators of AI systems. For your blog level92.fun In particular, the following points are relevant:

Role: You are an ‘operator’ (deployer), not a ‘provider’

  • Provider (Art. 50(2)): These are OpenAI, Google or Anthropic. They must ensure that AI generators carry technical, machine-readable markings (e.g. watermarks, C2PA metadata).
  • Operator (Art. 50(4)): This is what you are as a blog operator when you use AI tools to create and publish content.

The rules applicable to texts (second subparagraph of Article 50(4))

When you publish AI-generated or manipulated texts to inform the public about matters of public interest, you must disclose that the text has been artificially generated or edited.

BUT: The decisive exception (Art. 50(4), subpara. 2nd sentence 2)

The disclosure obligation applies NOT, If the content of an human review or editorial control process has been subjected to and a natural or legal person who Editorial responsibility for publication.

What does this mean for your blog?

Since you do not automatically flush the texts of Gemini, Claude or ChatGPT into the blog unseen, but divide them, compare them with each other, edit them and impress your own stamp (‘Human in the Loop’), In the case of pure texts, you usually fall under the exception! In many cases, you would not be obligated by law to label.

2. Reconciliation: How does the ‘AI as a co-author’ approach work?

That you do it nevertheless It is excellent from the point of view of transparency and reader retention.

Positive characteristics

  • Transparency requirement fully fulfilled: If an article is created largely automatically (or falls under the obligation), the entry at the beginning of the article/in the author's line perfectly fulfils the transparency requirement of Article 50(4) (directly at the content, immediately perceptible).
  • Contextual rather than flat-rate: The reader understands the concrete context, as opposed to an inaccurate ‘Proudly made with AI’ footer.

3. Problems, risks & pitfalls of co-author solution

Despite the elegance of the idea, there are 3 major difficulties in implementing it in WordPress:

A. Copyright & Editorial Liability (Legal Problem)

  • Problem: An AI is not a legal entity under German copyright law or in the sense of press law. It cannot be the author or bear ‘editorial responsibility’.
  • Danger: If an AI is co-authored on an equal footing, it could be legally unclear who is liable for misinformation, copyright infringement or insults – or whether the text lacks the human height of creation (which would make it in the public domain).
  • Solution: Definitely sharpen. Name the profile not legally rigid ‘author’, but in the frontend as ‘AI co-pilot’, ‘assistance system’ means: or ‘Technical support’.

B. SEO & Google E-E-A-T (Technical Problem)

  • Problem: If you create real author accounts for Gemini, Claude etc. in WordPress, WordPress automatically generates author archive pages (level92.fun/author/gemini/).
  • Impact on SEO: Google ranks content strongly E-E-A-T (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness). An AI author page has no real expertise. If Google classifies these archive pages as ‘thin content’, this can put a strain on the overall ranking of the domain.
  • Solution: If you have a plugin like PublishPress Authors make sure that the author archive pages of the AI profiles are on noindex You can set or use a metadata field (custom field) instead of real WordPress users.

C. Feature overload for multi-tool use (UX problem)

  • Problem: You've described using Claude for technique, Gemini for text flow, ChatGPT for SHOULD/IST, and other SEO tools.
  • Danger: If there are four different co-authors under the heading (‘From [your name], Claude 3.5, Gemini 1.5, ChatGPT-4o, Yoast SEO’), the line looks overloaded and distracts from the actual content.

4. The optimal setup for level92.fun (recommendation)

In order to comply with the requirements of the AI Regulation, not to jeopardize SEO and to uphold usability, the following is recommended: tiered hybrid solution:

Technical implementation in WordPress

Use a light meta field (e.g. via ACF / Advanced Custom Fields or Pods) directly on the article instead of full author accounts.

A. The compact line at the beginning of the article (frontend)

Under the main title is your name as the sole editorially responsible author, supplemented by a fine badge or text line:

From [your name] · AI co-pilot: Gemini & Claude ⓘ

B. The interactive tooltip / Accordion (by clicking on ⓘ or hover)

If the reader clicks on the symbol or text, a small, structured matrix opens:

componentTool / systemRole / task
Concept & EditingHumans (editorial staff)Idea, structure, verification, final inspection
Code & TechnologyClaude 3.5 SuntTechnical descriptions & Code examples
Sentence construction & TextGemini 1.5 ProFlow text optimization & tonality
SEO & structureChatGPT-4oTarget/actual matching, keyword analysis

Summary assessment

criterionAI co-author (WordPress)Assessment under the AI Regulation (Art. 50)
Legal Compliance⁇Exemplary compliance with transparency obligations. Also intercepts cases not covered by the editorial exception.
Legal certainty⭐⭐⭐1/2Important: Man must remain recognizable as the sole legal/editorial carrier. The term ‘co-pilot’ is better than ‘author’.
SEO compatibility⭐⭐⭐1/2Good, as long as no AI author archives are indexed by Google.
UX & Readability⭐⭐⭐⭐1/2Very good if a structured badge/tooltip solution is chosen when using several tools.

TL:DR

Article 50 of the AI Regulation sets important technical guidelines against anonymous deepfakes and automated deception. Nevertheless, the exception for edited texts shows that the legislator has sought the compromise between regulation and practicality, unfortunately at the expense of complete transparency.

Those who want to build trust in the network in the long term should therefore understand transparency not as an annoying duty, but as a real promise of quality to their readers and/or customers.