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Getty Images and OpenAI have announced a new multi-year agreement that will bring Getty Images’ licensed visual content into search and discovery experiences within ChatGPT. The partnership highlights the growing importance of trusted, permissioned content in AI-powered products and aims to deliver richer, more reliable visual experiences for users.

CEPIC and Photoconsortium are proud to launch CHERISH (Cloud for HERitage – Image Sector Hub), a new European initiative selected for funding under the highly competitive ECHOES Cascading Grants Call. Over the next 15 months, CHERISH will support photo libraries, archives, and image heritage professionals in building digital skills and accessing innovative cloud-based tools to strengthen preservation, collaboration, and future-ready practices across Europe.

The European Commission has published the final voluntary Code of Practice on marking and labelling AI-generated content ahead of new AI Act transparency obligations coming into force on 2 August 2026. The Code provides practical guidance for AI providers and deployers on labelling synthetic content, deepfakes and AI-generated material to improve transparency and trust across the digital ecosystem.

On 10 June 2026, the European Union published its Code of Practice on the Transparency of AI-Generated Content. This was prior to the EU Artificial Intelligence Act (AI Act) coming into force on 2 August 2026. It is available here.

The European Commission has published its Summary Report following the TDM opt-out protocols workshop held on 2 June 2026. The report contributes to ongoing discussions around AI implementation, transparency and machine-readable rights reservations across Europe.

CEPIC 2026 was made possible by the people who travelled, contributed and shared ideas with us in Valencia and online. As we wrap up this year’s event, we want to say thank you to everyone who helped make it such a memorable edition and invite the community to help shape what comes next.

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority has introduced a world-first requirement giving publishers greater control over how their content is used in Google Search AI features. The new measures strengthen transparency, attribution, and bargaining power for publishers as AI continues to reshape the future of online search.

Germany’s Federal Court of Justice is set to hear a closely watched case examining whether downloading copyrighted images to create AI training datasets infringes photographers’ rights. The decision could have wider implications for text and data mining, machine-readable rights reservations and the future of AI development across Europe.