Encypher Research

Research

In-depth analysis from inside the C2PA standard-setting process on provenance, rights, and the economics of content in the age of AI.

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457

News sites audited in our flagship report

AI crawler doors we check

Authors

of the C2PA standard for unstructured text

Flagship report

Websites are locking the wrong door

We audited the robots.txt of 457 news websites. Most block the robots that learn from old stories, but 4 in 5 leave the answer robot wide open. Grades, per-crawler block rates, and what to do this week. Free PDF.

457

News sites audited

50.8%

Scored an F for AI exposure

4 in 5

Leave the answer robot open

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The Future of IP and Media

Our forthcoming report on how intellectual property, licensing, and provenance reshape the media business as AI becomes the primary reader of the web. Join the waitlist to get it first.

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Research notes

Notes from the standards process

Published Research note

The Short-Text Provenance Gap

New EU rules admit that marking short text is very hard. See why that matters for your business, and how Encypher closes the gap.

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Why it matters

The EU Code of Practice treats very short text as too hard to mark. That exemption is exactly the gap our work closes.

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