A free, public snapshot of selected official pages about AI risk frameworks,
advertising rules, and marketplace AI disclosure — for US indie digital and
POD sellers who want primary-source links in one place.
Not legal advice. Not regulatory advice. Pages change.
Open each source yourself and confirm the live text before you change a listing,
contract, or product claim.
Snapshot taken (UTC) from public pages only.
This is a week-0 baseline (first capture), not a “what changed since last week” diff.
NIST describes the AI RMF as intended for voluntary use to improve trustworthiness
in AI design, development, use, and evaluation. The hub notes that AI RMF 1.0 is
being revised as part of the White House AI Action Plan, and points to related
profiles (including generative AI).
“The NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI RMF) is intended for voluntary use and to improve the ability to incorporate trustworthiness considerations into the design, development, use, and evaluation of AI products, services, and systems.”
“The AI RMF 1.0 is being revised as part of the White House AI Action Plan.”
Related: NIST AI RMF Playbook
(companion suggested actions; Playbook says it will be updated after AI RMF 1.0 is revised).
Verify: open the NIST hub and confirm current revision / profile links yourself.
FTC advertising rules & AI deception enforcement
US Federal Trade Commission · business guidance + press release
FTC business guidance states that claims in advertisements must be truthful,
cannot be deceptive or unfair, and must be evidence-based. Those basics apply
whether or not a claim mentions AI.
“Under the law, claims in advertisements must be truthful, cannot be deceptive or unfair, and must be evidence-based.”
Separately, a 25 Sep 2024 FTC press release announced Operation AI Comply —
enforcement actions against operations using AI hype or selling AI technology
that can be used in deceptive and unfair ways.
Etsy’s Help article says everything listed must be made, designed, handpicked,
or sourced by you; the “designed by a seller” category includes seller-prompted
AI creations; and seller-prompted AI creations must disclose the use of AI.
“Everything listed for sale on Etsy must either be made, designed, handpicked or sourced by you.”
“This category also includes seller-prompted AI creations.”
“Seller-prompted AI creations must disclose the use of AI.”
Note: Etsy’s public legal Creativity Standards URL was not readable by our
automated fetch (access blocked). We did not bypass that wall.
Use the Help article above, and check any Creativity Standards link Etsy shows
you while signed in as a seller.
Verify: open the Help article (and your seller-facing Creativity Standards if shown) before changing listing disclosure language.
KDP’s Content Guidelines require authors to inform Amazon of AI-generated content
(text, images, or translations) when publishing or republishing. They state you
are not required to disclose AI-assisted content, and define AI-generated content
as content created with an AI-based tool even if you applied substantial edits afterward.
“We require you to inform us of AI-generated content (text, images, or translations) when you publish a new book or make edits to and republish an existing book through KDP.”
“You are not required to disclose AI-assisted content.”
“If you used an AI-based tool to create the actual content (whether text, images, or translations), it is considered "AI-generated," even if you applied substantial edits afterwards.”
Verify: read the live KDP Help topic before answering Amazon’s questionnaire. Sibling tool: KDP Helper (heuristic only).
EU AI Act — official Commission overview
European Commission Digital Strategy page · high-level overview
The Commission’s overview describes Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (the AI Act) as a
risk-based framework. The page states the Act entered into force on 1 August 2024
and became applicable on 2 August 2026, with phased exceptions listed on that page.
“The AI Act (Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 laying down harmonised rules on artificial intelligence) is the first-ever comprehensive legal framework on AI worldwide.”
“The AI Act entered into force on 1 August 2024 and became applicable on 2 August 2026, with some exceptions:”
Note: Direct EUR-Lex HTML for the regulation returned a bot/JavaScript challenge
on our automated fetch. We did not bypass it. Use the Commission overview
above, and open EUR-Lex yourself in a browser when you need the legal text.
Verify: confirm dates and risk categories on the live Commission page (and EUR-Lex if you need the regulation text). This page is not a compliance determination for your product.
What would count as a material change next time
Operational watchlist only — not legal advice.
NIST: new AI RMF version or finished revision; new/withdrawn profiles; Playbook marked updated.
FTC: new AI advertising guidance or enforcement announcements that change the public story beyond the pages linked here.
Etsy: AI disclosure required / narrowed / expanded; definition of seller-prompted AI creations changes.
KDP: disclosure rules for generated vs assisted change; definitions move; AI section relocated or removed.
EU AI Act overview: applicability or phased timeline dates change; risk-category description changes.
Future editions of this page will note when a source’s public text changed since
the last snapshot. Until then, always prefer the live official URL.
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