AIV · 002 / OF 005
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AI
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AI-generated image and video detection is an analytical method that layers computational detector outputs, physics-based visual review, and file metadata inspection to assess whether media has been synthetically created or significantly altered. No single tool resolves the question on its own. The standard approach treats any individual detector result as a corroborating signal within a structured verification process, not as a definitive finding. Detection accuracy is an active research problem: as generative models improve, classifier performance degrades, and the field is in continuous development.
The method applies wherever media authenticity is materially contested: news verification under deadline, election and conflict monitoring, evidentiary assessment before legal submission, and auditing content from sources whose identity or affiliation is unverified. Detector output, provenance metadata, reverse search findings, and visual analysis each produce partial signals. Each indicator, individually, is ambiguous. The pattern, corroborated across methods, is not.
AIV-002 sets out the methodology for preserving, analysing, and documenting suspected AI-generated images and video to evidentiary standard.
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Forensic count
Eight workflow steps, five tooling sources, six false-positive checks, six chain-of-custody requirements. |
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Required Tools
Five platforms covering computational detection, metadata inspection, and C2PA provenance.
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OPSEC
Data retention risks, browser isolation, and detector versioning requirements.
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Workflow
Eight-step sequence from preservation and hashing to cross-reference and documentation.
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False Positives
Compression artefacts, legacy photography, retouching, and upscaling as misread signals.
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Chain of Custody
Six requirements covering hash logging, detector versioning, and write-protected archiving.
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Key Queries
Five operator references: Hive, Optic, ExifTool, InVID/WeVerify, Content Credentials Inspector.
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What remains: the step sequence, the tool list, the false-positive checks and the chain-of-custody note. Signal is €90 a year, or €9 a month. Students, €49 a year.
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