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AI-Generated Content Disclosure Requirement

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What it is

Apps that use artificial intelligence to create content must tell users clearly when that content is AI-generated and cannot use AI to mislead or deceive people.

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This requirement establishes disclosure obligations that condition app availability on the App Store, creating a procedural mechanism for transparency about AI-generated content generation capabilities and potential synthetic content risks.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Consumers using apps that generate text, images, audio, or video with AI must be clearly informed that the content is AI-generated, reducing the risk of being deceived by synthetic media or deepfakes.

How other platforms handle this

Supabase Medium

After registration, you may create, upload or transmit files, documents, videos, images, data or information as part of your use of the Service (collectively, "User Content"). This includes any inputs you provide to our AI-powered support tools and outputs generated in response to your inputs. User ...

Microsoft Medium

Microsoft commits to transparency about when users are interacting with AI systems, including disclosure of AI-generated content, notification when AI is being used in consequential contexts, and provision of meaningful information about AI system capabilities and limitations to enable informed user...

Hulu Medium

engage in any of the foregoing in connection with any use, creation, development, modification, prompting, fine-tuning, training, testing, benchmarking or validation of any artificial intelligence or machine learning tool, model, system, algorithm, product or other technology ("AI Tool").

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Apps using AI-generated content must clearly indicate when content is AI-generated. Apps must not use AI-generated content to deceive or mislead users. Developers must disclose in their privacy nutrition labels if their app uses AI to generate content that could be mistaken for real people or events.

— Excerpt from Apple's Apple App Store Review Guidelines

ConductAtlas Analysis

Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision engages the EU AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689), specifically Art. 50 which mandates disclosure of AI-generated or manipulated content (deepfakes), enforceable by national market surveillance authorities. It also implicates FTC Act Section 5 (deceptive AI-generated content constitutes an unfair or deceptive practice), FTC's 2023 AI guidance, and emerging state-level AI disclosure laws (California AB 602, AB 2655 on synthetic media in elections). The provision aligns with but does not fully replicate the EU AI Act's more detailed requirements.

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Applicable agencies

  • FTC
    The FTC has enforcement authority over deceptive AI-generated content under FTC Act Section 5 and has issued specific guidance on AI in commerce.
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Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
GDPR
European Union
Texas AI Act
Texas, USA
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

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Document information
Document
Apple App Store Review Guidelines
Entity
Apple
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
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First tracked
March 6, 2026
Last verified
April 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-001968
Document ID
CA-D-00025
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Analysis generated
March 6, 2026 20:15 UTC
Methodology
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Citation Record
Entity: Apple
Document: Apple App Store Review Guidelines
Record ID: CA-P-001968
Captured: 2026-03-06 20:15:42 UTC
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URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/apple/apple-app-store-review-guidelines/ai-generated-content-disclosure-requirement/
Accessed: May 20, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Apple's AI-Generated Content Disclosure Requirement clause do?

This requirement establishes disclosure obligations that condition app availability on the App Store, creating a procedural mechanism for transparency about AI-generated content generation capabilities and potential synthetic content risks.

How does this clause affect you?

Consumers using apps that generate text, images, audio, or video with AI must be clearly informed that the content is AI-generated, reducing the risk of being deceived by synthetic media or deepfakes.

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