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AI content provenance, explained

AI content provenance is a checkable record of where a piece of content came from: who made or signed it, when it existed, and whether it has changed since. These guides explain how that record is built and verified, what it can and cannot establish, and how it differs from guessing with an AI detector.

They are written for teams that have to mark AI-generated content, and for anyone who has to decide whether to trust a file they were sent.

• Content Provenance vs AI Detection: What Each Can EstablishDetection estimates, provenance checks a record, and neither proves a claim is true.
• What Are Content Credentials? A Practical Guide to C2PAWhat a C2PA manifest records, how to verify one, and what "unknown source" means.
• How to Verify an AI Content Record: Hashes, Signatures and TimestampsFour checks, what each one proves, and the order to run them in.