TraceHumanity certifies that a work was made by a person. Experts review the evidence of how you made it. We sign the result with cryptography and record it in a public registry anyone can check.
In 1506, according to Vasari, Dürer went to the Venetian authorities because an engraver was copying his prints, monogram and all.
Five centuries on, the problem has turned around. Human work gets flagged as AI-generated, with no real way to appeal, and artists lose listings, income and reputation over a guess.
A signature won’t settle that. Evidence of how the work was made will. TraceHumanity doesn’t guess whether something is AI. We establish, with evidence, that a specific work was made by a human, and give you a record that proves it. Flagged as AI?
Museums describe a work with a catalogue entry. A TraceHumanity certificate is one, for work made now, and it can prove itself.
Harbour Study IV
Your name, 2026. Photograph.
RAW files, layered project files, edit histories, progress videos or a live capture session. Images and video today; audio and text are coming.
A reviewer scores it against a published standard: identity, completeness, consistency, provenance, forensic checks and chain of custody. A decision, not a guess.
Signed, invisibly watermarked, bound to the file with a C2PA manifest, and recorded in the public registry, where anyone can look it up by file, hash or number.
Each level asks for harder evidence. From L2 upward, the work is certified. Read the standard
A signed declaration of authorship. Declared, not certified.
RAW files, edit histories or progress documentation, reviewed by an expert.
Camera or device-signed capture plus supporting evidence, with the certificate chain verified.
A real-time capture session with challenge codes, checked by two reviewers.
For newsrooms, agencies and studios: governed workflows, staff verification and random audits.
Every certificate is signed with our published key. Rebuild the signed record, check the signature, and you’re done, with or without our servers. Or look it up here.
2 August 2026
Under Article 50 of the EU AI Act, AI-generated and AI-manipulated content must be disclosed and marked. As AI is labelled by law, proof that your work is human carries real weight with buyers, platforms and audiences. What Article 50 means for you
General information, not legal advice. Article 50 obligations fall on providers and deployers of AI systems. TraceHumanity certification is voluntary proof of human authorship.
Self-declared records are free, always.