How should I evaluate an image, voice clip, screenshot, or video when synthetic media is easy to create?
Choose the strongest verification response for three simulated media claims. Do not decide from one artifact or detector.
Interactive model
Decision, consequence, result
Selected layerAn unknown account posts a dramatic video said to show today’s event.
No original file, location, or independent witness is available.
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An unknown account posts a dramatic video said to show today’s event.No original file, location, or independent witness is available.
A clip has a valid content credential showing capture and one crop.The caption claims the clip proves a larger event.
A public figure says an unflattering recording is AI-generated.The recording comes from an accountable outlet with source documentation, but no raw file is public.
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An unknown account posts a dramatic video said to show today’s event.
No original file, location, or independent witness is available.
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A clip has a valid content credential showing capture and one crop.
The caption claims the clip proves a larger event.
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A public figure says an unflattering recording is AI-generated.
The recording comes from an accountable outlet with source documentation, but no raw file is public.
Complete the decisions to reveal the model
Transfer artifact
My synthetic-media check
Write the first five steps you would take before relying on or sharing a consequential media claim.
Safety boundary
Cases are fictional and contain no real harmful media. For consequential cases, preserve evidence lawfully and seek qualified verification, safeguarding, or forensic support.
Method note
This deterministic model teaches evidence practice, not media forensics. Detection and provenance technologies have incomplete coverage and changing performance.
Text alternative
Read each simulated claim, origin, context, provenance signal, corroboration, and consequence in a linear text case.
C2PA SpecificationsCoalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity
Defines technical standards for recording content origin and transformations; provenance does not by itself prove truth, and missing credentials do not prove fabrication.
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