ABOUT VERIFIEDHUMAN
Creators across 25+ countries. Six continents. Since 2023.
VerifiedHuman is a global certification platform for human-made creative work. Like Fair Trade for coffee, we give audiences a way to find the real thing — and creators a way to prove it's theirs.
We're not a detection tool. We don't scan content to identify AI. Creators voluntarily commit to transparent, field-specific standards, and our 5-level Human-AI Spectrum defines when AI assistance crosses from tool to creator. Eight categories. Free to join. Pay what you can.
We are a collective of creators and thinkers committed to protecting the human origin of creativity in an increasingly automated world.
We are just like you.
You've spent years getting good at what you do. Lived experience, failed attempts, late nights — it shows in every part of your work.
And now you're watching tools that didn't put in any time produce something that is virtually indistinguishable.
We started VerifiedHuman because of that gap. We aren't anti-technology, we just want to make damn sure the people who do human work can be found by the people who want to find them.
"No one can reliably distinguish human-made work from AI-generated content anymore. Not trained judges. Not expert photographers. Not teachers."
— from Human Is the New Vinyl
WHAT'S AT STAKE
Why this matters — right now.
Because your creativity isn't a commodity. The time you spent learning your craft and the lived experience you bring to what you make. It should not become worthless just because a machine can approximate it.
Because trust in us can only have a future if we protect it now. When your audience can't tell human from machine, skepticism becomes the default. And by default, your work inherits that doubt.
Because the fields you're in—education, art, business, science—need clarity about what's genuinely human-made. Without a label, there's no way for your audience to choose. People who would care about your work have no way to find you.
Because someone has to build the label. Fair Trade didn't exist until someone decided it should. We're building the same thing for creativity — and we started more than two years before the mainstream conversation caught up.
Our trajectory
We showed up before the music started.
2023 |
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VerifiedHuman is founded.
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We develop the first standards and launch the community with a simple goal: protect human creativity in an AI-integrated world.
2024 |
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Early adoption grows across universities, publishers, and independent creators worldwide.
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What begins as a standard becomes a shared movement.
2025 |
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Our network expands to 25+ countries on 6 continents, spanning education, music, publishing, and the arts.
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Founder Micah Voraritskul publishes Human Is the New Vinyl, helping spark a global conversation about the future of human creativity in the age of AI.
2026 |
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VerifiedHuman joins C2PA (Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity) as a Contributor Member, aligning with global content authenticity standards.
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Member numbering system introduced, giving each creator a permanent VH number as part of the growing collective.
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The Featured Creators program expands with "Show Your Label," spotlighting members who use the standard in their work.
“Trust is not optional. It’s the foundation of every human endeavor. And even in an age of accelerating technology, the human ethical spirit remains intact — and we must leverage it.”
–Advisors
Micah Voraritskul
Founder
Micah launched VerifiedHuman in April 2023 — nearly two years before human authorship certification entered the mainstream conversation. What started as a standard for one creative field has grown into a global movement spanning 25+ countries on six continents.
He's the author of Human Is the New Vinyl, which builds the case for why human creativity matters in the age of AI — and why the answer is differentiation, not resistance.
THE PEOPLE
Built by humans. Obviously.
Daniel Allen
Ethics
Laura Bowser
Business
Brian Conn
Communications
Andy Edmunds
Film & Music
Ryan Emmons
Technology
Bill Farnham
Business
Michael Hodges
Non-profit
Klaus Luehning
Special Advisor
Craig Martin
Special Advisor
Carl Miller
Advisor
Debbie Miller
Coordinator
Carolyn Strand Norman
Business
Elizabeth Pace
Education & Ethics
Tamee Roberts
Marketing
Glen Sheehan
Special Advisor
Casey Templeton
Visual Arts
Kristy Voraritskul
Design
Advisory Team
VerifiedHuman™ is a Contributor Member of C2PA — the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity. An open standards organization advancing transparency and trust in digital content. Different layer, same ecosystem.
Partners & Organizations
Trusted across six continents.