Insight · AI transparency
EU AI Act Article 50: a trading assistant should say when output is AI-generated.
Article 50 is a transparency layer, not a replacement for risk management. In energy trading it means clear disclosure, machine-readable marks and audit trail, especially when AI helps near money.
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In brief
A person should be able to see that the output was generated by an AI system, even when the engine is deterministic.
API responses and exports should carry a stable marker so downstream systems can detect it.
The Alvo receipt attests deterministic facts: no external model, no data egress and zero external tokens.
Transparency is not legal advice, trading approval or proof of P&L.
Article 50 is about transparency
EU AI Act Article 50 sets transparency obligations for certain AI systems and AI-generated outputs. For an energy-trading assistant, the practical question is simple: can a user and a downstream system tell that the material came from an AI system?
Alvo treats that as two surfaces: a human-facing disclosure in the brief or export and a machine-readable marker on API responses and artifacts. The goal is not to sound compliant; it is to make provenance visible without parsing prose.
Deterministic AI still needs a label
Alvo's current AI is deterministic: no external language model, no external tokens and no model-generated numbers. That makes the output more auditable, but it does not make the transparency problem disappear.
The disclosure says exactly what happened: generated by an AI system, deterministic analysis, no external model, final decision by a human. That phrasing is less glamorous than generic GenAI copy, and much safer.
Machine-readable marking
The API response can carry a stable header such as x-ai-generated plus method and model details. Exports can carry the same marker in a footer or metadata field, so an audit system does not have to scrape UI text.
This is especially important for teams piping brief outputs into BI, ticketing, settlement review or compliance archives. The marker should travel with the artifact, not vanish after the browser session.
Receipt is not a legal shield
A no-egress receipt can bind declared inputs to deterministic facts: model id, method, no external model, no data egress and zero external tokens. It is an attestation and verification aid, not a legal conclusion.
For trading workflows, transparency sits beside other controls: human approval, role-based access, decision ledger, source freshness and a no-auto-bid boundary. Article 50 labeling is necessary; it is not sufficient by itself.
Insight · AI transparency
FAQ
Does Article 50 require disclosure for deterministic AI?
Alvo takes the safer posture: disclose anyway. The output is AI-generated decision support, and deterministic/no-egress detail makes the disclosure more precise.
What is x-ai-generated?
It is a machine-readable marker that lets downstream systems detect an AI-generated payload without parsing text.
Is the no-egress receipt a cryptographic signature?
No. It is a recomputable attestation over declared inputs and constant facts, not private-key signing or legal proof of authorship.
Sources and next steps
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Want to verify a receipt?
Alvo has a dedicated page for checking a no-egress receipt against declared inputs.
Open verify