Let people know
who made it.

TIP Protocol turns everything you publish into something anyone can verify for themselves: who made it, how it was made, when it was made, and whether a single detail has changed since. It starts with your TIP-ID, a quantum-safe proof of identity, sealed by your biometrics, that stays yours for life. Every time you sign a post, photo, article, or video with it, TIP gives that piece its own CTID: a permanent, tamper-proof record of how and when it was made, plus a content fingerprint that recognises every copy, edit, and near-duplicate wherever it travels.

Your raw biometric data is never stored.

For Creators
Prove your work is yours. Every post, article, image, and video is securely linked to you.
For governing bodies: the labelling, disclosure, and audit trail that the EU AI Act Article 50, the Digital Services Act, and the GDPR require, in working open-source software today.

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EU AI Act Article 50 requires AI content disclosure by August 2026.TIP makes you compliant today
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TIP VerifiedOriginal Human Content
GLOBAL NEWS

Breaking: New Climate Report
Released Ahead of UN Summit

Ram SmithHumanApril 22, 2026

Glacial melt accelerated 23% in 2025, the steepest year-over-year jump on record.

OHOriginal Human

How TIP works? See who created the content, when, and how.

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  • Proof It's YoursSee who made it and where it came from. Trace anything back to its real creator
  • IntegrityTamper-proof and unalterable
  • TransparencyClear labels and disclosure
  • InteroperabilityWorks across platforms and borders
  • Open SpecCC-BY 4.0, free forever
  • Royalty-Free LicensePatented technology, included for all free-tier users

Trust Identity Protocol (TIP)

TIP Protocol, the Trust Identity Protocol, is an open standard built by The AI Lab for verified human identity and content provenance on the internet. A one-time biometric verification issues a post-quantum signed TIP-ID. Every time a verified creator publishes, the content is signed and the creator declares how it was made.

The two badges every post carries

Next to the author name: an identity badge that marks the creator as a verified human or organisation. Below the content: a label that tells readers how the content was made.

The four ways content can be made

  • Original Human (OH): Written by the author. No AI.
  • AI-Assisted (AA): Human wrote it. AI helped with parts.
  • AI-Generated (AG): AI wrote it. A human reviewed it.
  • Mixed (MX): Several sources combined into one piece.

What a reader does

Anyone can tap either badge on any TIP-signed article. The identity badge expands into the creator's verification record: their TIP-ID, Verification Provider, trust score, and registered post history. The origin badge expands into the content record: the declared origin, disclosure accuracy score, CTID, and tamper-evident content hash. Two taps return the full provenance picture, no account required.

Who TIP Protocol is for

Journalists and reporters, YouTubers and video creators, researchers and academics, Instagram, X, Facebook, and TikTok creators, bloggers, podcasters, and newsletter writers, brands, nonprofits, and public institutions. Whether you use AI or you don't, TIP lets you declare it honestly, build a public trust score, and give your audience the context they deserve.

Get started in three steps

  1. Install the TIP plugin on Chrome, Safari, or your browser of choice. Under three minutes.
  2. Verify your identity at vp.theailab.org. Government ID and biometric. Free. Ten minutes.
  3. Label your content. Your TIP badge appears automatically on every post, video, and article you publish.

Why this matters

Decades of research, craft, and lived experience can be copied in seconds. TIP Protocol protects the humans behind the work by stamping every piece of content with three things at once: a verified label bound to its real human creator by biometric proof, a permanent, tamper-proof record of how and when it was made, and a content fingerprint that catches every copy, alteration, and near-duplicate wherever it travels. For creators, work is anchored to its maker for life and every copy, edit, and lookalike leaves a trace. For governing bodies, this is the labelling, disclosure, and audit trail that the EU AI Act Article 50, the Digital Services Act, and the GDPR require, in working open-source software available today.

Compliance

The EU AI Act Article 50 requires AI content disclosure by August 2026. TIP Protocol makes compliance straightforward today by binding origin declarations to signed content records.