AI provenance, defined
Plain-language definitions of the terms behind verifiable AI content provenance.
EU AI Act
EU regulation that requires AI-generated content to be marked and disclosed as such.
EU AI Act Penalties
What non-compliance with EU AI Act obligations, including Article 50, can cost.
Synthetic Media Disclosure
Article 50(2)'s general provider duty to mark synthetic AI outputs as machine-readable.
Deepfake Disclosure
Article 50(4)'s deployer-facing duty to disclose AI-generated deepfakes.
ML-DSA (Dilithium)
The NIST FIPS 204 post-quantum digital signature algorithm Certivu uses to sign content.
Post-Quantum Cryptography
Why RSA and ECC are at risk from quantum computers, and how PQC algorithms differ.
NIST FIPS 204 & CRYSTALS-Dilithium
The standardization process and lattice-cryptography basis behind ML-DSA.
Digital Signature Verification
The general public/private key mechanics behind every signed provenance system.
C2PA vs. Post-Quantum Signatures
Classical algorithms (RSA/ECDSA/Ed25519) most C2PA manifests use today, compared to ML-DSA.
Content provenance
A verifiable record of where a piece of content came from, who created it, and how.
Digital watermarking
Embedding an invisible, recoverable signal in content so provenance can survive transformation.
Watermark Robustness
Can AI watermarks be removed? What they survive, and what they don't claim to.
C2PA / Content Credentials
The open industry standard for embedding signed provenance manifests in media.
Content Credentials
C2PA's consumer-facing brand for provenance manifests — the "Cr" icon, not a separate standard.
Content Authenticity
The umbrella goal that provenance, watermarking, and signed manifests all serve.
AI Detection vs. Provenance Verification
Why guessing from patterns and checking a signed claim are fundamentally different.