Humans create.
Machines imitate.
Human Intelligence® empowers Genuine
Human Photographers
Mission
Human Intelligence® ensures human work remain under the control of human creators. We defend the bright line between authentic human work and the machine models that ingest and co-opt real human work.
To do this, we provide a foundational trifecta of authentication tools and services that prove human origin and protect IP: we verify humanity, certify your photos and videos as human-made, and safeguard the rights of photographers, videographers and licensees.
Because humans create.
Machines merely imitate.
Human Intelligence® protects, preserves and proclaims the value of human creative work.
Strategy
The Problem
The Solution
We deliver an essential technical authentication layer that enables human shooters to certifiably prove the provenance of your work – so you can fight back against AI overreach.
We maintain an arsenal of registered trademarks and legal safeguards to assist photographers and videographers in retaining the rights to your work.
How to Get Our Mark of Approval
When you are verified as a Human Photographer / Videographer, you receive a license to use our mark on your published or commercial work.
(Start here.)
Use of the registered Humanright™ 
trademark assures your audience that your work is human-made. The mark also notifies companies that your work cannot be used without permission.
About the 
Mark
The unique Humanright™ mark is a registered trademark that demonstrates to the world that you are a Human Photographer / Videographer and that your writing and your published work is Human Created.
We care about language. The registered mark transmits the same meaning in nearly 30 languages around the world: the mark can be used in a variety of ways to identify yourself and your music as genuinely human.
Tools: Our Technological Edge
Chain of Creation™
Human Intelligence® tools focus on provenance: rather than “detecting” AI in published photos after creation, we follow certain tell-tale signs unique to human photographic work. Our patent-pending systems don’t ingest your actual videos or photos at all – instead we examine the plume of activity each work carries with it, which helps us to reliably identify the chain of creation.™
Reliable Authentication
We deliver a proven layer of trust that reliably authenticates human work. Our proprietary method begins by locking down a creator’s biometrically-secured identity, verifying each shooter as a natural person. Our system then analyzes their work for specific markers that result from human processes. When we find these key attributes, we register the music as certified Human Intelligence® – i.e., works that we authenticate as having been actually created by a real human.
Certified Human Photo — Brian BielmannHuman Photography Proof: Case Studies
ART:
Darwyn Walker
Certified Human Photo - Copyright © Darwyn WalkerCOMMERCIAL:
Evie Lane
Evie Lane is a successful commercial photographer who trained at the Art Institute of Portland. Lane works on large commercial shoots for clients in the Pacific Northwest, including large sports brands such as Nike.
Her work emphasizes color, vibrant emotion and engagement with her subjects.
Certified Human Photo - Copyright © Evie Lane
MEDIA:
Dean Wenick
Dean Wenick has been a member of the American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) since 1996 and has held board leadership positions with ASMP since 2018. He’s served as Co-President, Board Member and Volunteer.
He is a generalist in his photography practice.
Certified Human Photo - Copyright © Dean WenickAlliances: We Empower Photographers
Human Intelligence® contributes to technical advances that foreground the rights of human photographers. Our team includes photographers who have had work published both commercially and in major media. We are members of the Copyright Alliance. Our key technical leads are contributing members of the Coalition for Content Provenance & Authenticity (C2PA) and the Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI). We work with prominent voices in the technical world to defend the copyright of photographers in a changing world.
copyright interests of
over 2M creators.
in the age of AI
News & Media
Press: Human Intelligence®
Human Intelligence® is now recognized as an official registered trademark by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. International plans are underway.
Listen & Read
Our team delivers new weekly content about human creators! Listen to podcasts by working artists and creators. Read our weekly newsletter.
Brand & Media Kit
Human Intelligence® registered trademarks and ground-breaking human provenance work is recognized around the globe. Here are tools for media to accurately describe HI.
Contact Our Visual Rights Team
Have questions about the (H) tools or how our tools can be used in a commercial shoot? Are you a rights holder or publisher and want to discuss how we can protect your stock archive? Need to find out if a photo or video was really created by a human? Excellent! We’d love to talk.
Sing Us a Song
Contact our team at team@human.global
Community
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Human Intelligence ® does not use synthetic extruded content or generative toolsets.
All images on this website are licensed through Verified Human sources. Licensing information available here.
