The human-review exemption for AI text: what actually qualifies?
AI-generated public-interest text skips the AI label only if a human editor genuinely reviewed it, edited it where needed, and takes editorial responsibility — documented. A quick glance or 'someone read it' does not qualify.
The exemption's real shape
Article 50(4) exempts AI-generated text published on matters of public interest from labeling only when "the AI-generated content has undergone a process of human review or editorial control and a natural or legal person holds editorial responsibility".
What survives an inspection
- A named editor accountable for the piece.
- Evidence of actual review: drafts, edits, comments, approval steps.
- A process: not "we all keep an eye on it", but a defined checkpoint before publication.
What dies on inspection
- "Our writer prompted it and skimmed the output."
- Review after publication.
- Nobody able to say who is responsible.
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