Compare content provenance options
Most tools here answer one question each. Gates decide who gets in. Detectors guess after the fact. ProvenanceContent provenance: The record of where a piece of content came from and how it changed, carried with the content itself. carries a signed record with the content. Here is where Encypher fits.
Tool by tool
| Tool | What it does | Where Encypher fits | Full comparison |
|---|---|---|---|
| SynthID | SynthIDSynthID: Google DeepMind's statistical watermark, added while a model generates content and read by Google's detector. adds a pattern while a model generates | A layer Encypher supports. Encypher adds the signed label | SynthID comparison |
| WordProof | Records a hashHash: A short fingerprint of exact bytes. Any change, even one character, gives a completely different hash. of the text on a blockchainBlockchain timestamping: Writing a file's hash to a public ledger to show it existed at a given time. | Encypher's record sits inside the text, in copies that keep the mark | WordProof comparison |
| AI detectors | An AI detectorAI detector: A model that guesses whether content was made by AI and returns a probability, not proof. guesses whether text looks AI-made | Encypher checks a signed record. No guess | AI detectors comparison |
| TollBit | Controls and charges AI bot traffic routed through its paywall | Works alongside it. The mark stays after content leaves the gate | TollBit comparison |
| ProRata | Estimates sources inside AI systems that opt in | Works alongside it. The mark is added before any AI system sees the work | ProRata comparison |
| Blockchain timestamps | Prove a file existed at a moment, on a ledger | A C2PAC2PA: The Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity: the group that publishes the open standard for content labels. label is carried in the file and checks offline | Blockchain timestamps comparison |
| Content detection | Screens any content for signs of AI after the fact | Provenance records who signed and what they declared. Detection screens others' work | Content detection comparison |
When to use each
- Gates
- TollBit and similar tools control requests routed through them. Copies taken elsewhere, or before the gate, are outside them.
- Provenance
- Encypher's signed mark stays in copies that keep it, wherever they were taken. Stripping or rewriting removes it.
- Attribution
- ProRata and similar tools share revenue inside AI systems that opted in.
Create. Mark. Endure.
Sign your first piece free and check it in the public checker.