Transparency notice · Generative AI

How artificial intelligence is used on stermole.at.

This website was conceived and developed with the support of generative AI. Text and visual illustrations were also created partly or entirely with AI assistance.

AI is used as a tool. Selection, review, editing, publication and editorial responsibility remain with Thomas Stermole. This page documents that use and follows the transparency objectives of the EU AI Act.

Last updated: 17 August 2026

At a glance
Concept & code

AI-assisted, human-reviewed

Text

AI-assisted, editorially accountable

Illustrations

created with generative AI

Decisions about people

no automated AI decisions

Specific uses of AI

Where AI was used for this website.

This disclosure concerns the creation and maintenance of this website. Customer projects follow the documentation and transparency arrangements agreed for the respective project.

Concept, development and code

Claude by Anthropic and ChatGPT and Codex by OpenAI were used as assistants for concept work, drafts and technical implementation.

  • Assistance with code generation, refactoring and debugging
  • Assistance with structure, UX, documentation and quality assurance
  • Human selection, integration and approval of changes

Text and editorial work

Generative AI supports research, structuring, initial wording, translation and editing.

  • Published text is reviewed and adapted by a human
  • Facts and time-sensitive claims are checked against reliable sources where appropriate
  • Editorial responsibility remains with Thomas Stermole

Images and visual motifs

The illustrative images and visual motifs used on this website were created with generative AI.

  • Illustrations are not documentary evidence of real events or customer projects
  • Logos, UI screenshots, document images and photographs explicitly identified as authentic are excluded
  • Potentially deceptive realistic depictions are additionally labelled at the content itself

Interaction and decisions

This website currently has no public AI chatbot that independently communicates with visitors.

  • Contact enquiries are read and answered by a human
  • No AI-based decisions with legal or similarly significant effects
  • No emotion-recognition or biometric-categorisation system
EU AI Act

Position under Article 50 of the EU AI Act.

The transparency obligations under Article 50 have applied since 2 August 2026. Not every use of AI assistance triggers the same disclosure obligation. The relevant role, type of content and potential for deception matter.

What Article 50 requires in particular

  • People must be informed when they interact directly with an AI system, unless this is already obvious.
  • Providers of generative AI systems must generally make synthetic outputs machine-readable and detectable, as far as technically feasible.
  • Deployers must clearly disclose deepfakes as artificially generated or manipulated.
  • AI-generated text on matters of public interest must be disclosed when there is no human review, editorial control and assumption of responsibility.

How stermole.at applies this

  • AI-assisted text is reviewed by a human before publication and published under personal editorial responsibility.
  • The use of AI in development, text and illustration is disclosed permanently and accessibly on this page.
  • Generic illustrations are identified by context and are not presented as authentic project documentation.
  • If deepfakes or similarly deceptive realistic content are used in future, they will be labelled clearly and directly at the content no later than first exposure.

A general transparency page does not replace the required labelling of an individual item where that item is subject to a disclosure obligation.

Editorial standard

Human responsibility remains visible.

Generative AI speeds up work, but it does not assume responsibility or make the final decision about published content.

No publication of unreviewed AI output as established fact

No intentionally deceptive synthetic depictions of real people, places or events

Clear separation between illustration, authentic reference and factual claim

Correction of factual errors or ambiguous labelling once identified

Data-minimising and purpose-specific use of AI tools

No delegation of legally or economically significant decisions to AI

Official foundations

Legal sources and guidance.

This position is based on the regulation, the European Commission guidelines and the voluntary Code of Practice.

Article 50 – European Commission AI Act Service DeskGuidelines on the transparency obligations under Article 50Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-generated ContentEU icons for labelling AI-generated content

This transparency notice documents the use of AI. It is not legal advice or a binding conformity assessment. Legal requirements may be further clarified by guidance, case law and national enforcement practice.

Questions or corrections

Transparency should be verifiable.

If a statement is unclear or you identify a factual error, I welcome a specific correction.

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