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Meet the VerifiedHuman Collective: writers, visual artists, musicians, voice actors, advocates, schools, and organizations across 25+ countries protecting human creativity. Creators in 25+ countries across six continents The VerifiedHuman Collective Members & Partners Writers. Visual Artists. Musicians. Voice Actors. Content Creators. Educators. Organizations. Advocates. Real people making real work across 25+ countries on six continents. Your name should be here. Visual Artists AimPée Alina Castro * Allbrotnar Noir Andrew Edmunds * Andy Hoyle Anna Woloshko * Barak Bruerd* Bob Peterson Casey Templeton * Chris Zinchuck* David French* David Taylor* Dean Allen * Eric Hagemann * Farell Oliveira Felipe Radicetti* Francesco Finiusi Gary DuBois * Glen Sheehan * Grace Atkinson* Helen Dobbyn Reedy* J. Edward Hagins Jackson Leimberger Janet Sifers Jeremy DV Boyd * Jose Hurtado * Keith Wahl* Kevin Flores Kevin Sullivan* Kimry Jelen Kristy Voraritskul* Leon Hampson Lisset Arredondo* Martina Tomevska* Mary Miller* Melinda McNaught Melissa Prior* Micah Voraritkskul * Mikael Madsen Natalie Flaherty-Verrall Natalie Tyer * Neill Kenealy* Olga Pavlova Paris Williams Paul Hebron* Robert Di Matteo Ruth Morris* Sara Ferrell* Scott Downing* Sherri Mabe Stacey Mills* Steve Mulholland* Victoria Goldstein Wendy Ballentyne * Wayne Barlowe* Zachary Carroll Musicians AJ Blackett Adam Jordan Aly Hidalgo Anas D’raoui Anders Jansson Andrew Edmunds* Bill Jenkins* Bryce Alan Flurie Cacala Carvalho * Danny Betts David Hollandsworth * David Keene David Taylor* Derrick Noble* Eliza Prymak Farell Oliveira Felipe Radicetti * Frank Abraham Jake Thompson John Stary Keto van Harum Marianna Leporace* Mason Peterson | MoneyMase Matthew Sthreshley Minister Roach | Low Gear Molly Voraritskul* | Mali Natalie Hills Natalie Tyer * Nhan Nguyen Thuan Paris Williams Richard van der Walt Sabelo Shabangu Sade Black Tran Dien Phu Viktorija Arsic Will Davis Content Creators David Hackett Jeff Pitts Maya Boguslav Mike Fox Samuel Ebersole Stephany McCafferty Advocates Angela Patterson* Angie Moreton* Ariel Mueller* Ashley Buffey* Bill Farnham* Bob Laughlin* Brian Wakabayashi* Bruce Carlisle* Carl Miller* Chris Jones * Craig Martin * Darren Barber* Debbie Miller* Deanna Nichols* Durwood Snead* Ellie Caughron* Emily Roig * Emily Tosten* Eric Hagemann* Eric Rogers* Ethan Voraritskul* Flavia Faria* Heather Brewster* Heather Mashburn* Gaye Miller* Jane Barham* Jim Washok* John Hughes* Josh McManus * Kelly Blincoe* Klaus Luehning* Laura Bowser* Lee Insko* Leila Hardeman* Linda Sthreshley* Lindsey Breitmeyer* Marti Williams* Michael Butler* Michael Hodges* Michael McMahon* Michele Crowley* Pam Dunnevant* Patrick Moynihan* Paul Rustand* Rick Schofield* Robert McCoy* Ryan Emmons* Sharon Verdel* Tamee Roberts* Tashia Martinez* Tom Hardeman* Tommy Thompson* Tuan Trieu* TyRuben Ellingson* Organizations Alliance Practice | USA Arkbound | UK AudioWave Records | UK Big Bad N Loud | USA Brightcrest Media | USA Editorial Salto Al Reverso | México GACX | Global Mirari Press | South Africa Nierika | Switzerland Pereverzyev Vladyslav | Italy Radio Shiga | Japan Red Dirt Legacy Co. | USA Shockoe Records | USA WholeHearted Integrative BodyMind Therapies | USA Writeon | New Zealand Wycliffe Bible Translators | Global Writers Adam Meyn Ahmad Akilan* Ajai Blue-Saunders * Alex Mangual Amy Jones* Amy Park* Arabella Jade Knight Angela Oxford* Autumn Privett* Brandon Brown* Brenda Haville Bridget Reaume Camila Leporace * Carla Paola Reyes * Carolyn Norman * Charles Brian Conn* Christy Lynch* Cody Hall Dan Guardino* Daniel Allen * Dee Bugalski Dustin Burke Dylan Taylor Elisabeth Coward* Elizabeth Pace * Ellen Thea* Greg Boone Heidi Zwart Huw Sayer Ine Louw Jason Sherman * Jen Cassidy Jim Rasmussen* Jimmy Doom Jodie Duddington Jody Flurie Jon Hirst* Jon Nakhati* Joseph Ceja* Joseph Fournier Kate Azumah* Kristy Voraritskul* Lauro Fumaghi Lori French* Luke Martin Lynda French Made Wahl* Manab Kalita* Marcinda Coil* Mark Harris Mary Jane Copps* Matt Kenney* Matthew Menger Melissa K. Savich* Micah Voraritskul * Michael Austin Michael Schuerman Michael Stuart* Michelle Bashan Naomi Velavoz* Nick Goss* Patricia Neumann* Paul Granger* Paul Hartford Philip McCanless* Randy Howard* Ray Wirth* Samuel McJireh Sara Keel* Sara Tesas Shane Schlesman* Shavonne Bulmer Shon Pan * Valerie Hamilton Vicky Watt Wayne Olsen* Whit Jones Voice Actors Aaron Atkisson * Aileen Downey Ali Cheff Alison Law Alyse Thompson Amanda Ferrell Amanda Jo Amie Vreeken Amy Beckman Andrew Ward Angela Elder* Arwen Fonzen Audrey Williams Bev Standing Bill Cellar Bill Stephenson * Brandon Miller Brandon M Reeves Carolyn Robson Chris Kane Chris Little Claire Lindsay * Danila Medvedev Daniel Adwell Daniel Cross Daniel Crucius Danielle Harris David Gilbert * David Jacobs DC Newman * Derek Munson Diana McCleery Dianne Boatwright-Frost DW McCann Edilio Diaz Eleesha Lewis Ellie Abbott Ellen Corcoran * Ellen Press Emma Burchette Esi Wells Gary Bennett Helen Sernett Isabella Flores * J. 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An open standards organization advancing transparency and trust in digital content. Different layer, same ecosystem. Partners & Organizations Trusted across six continents. VerifiedHuman stands alongside SAG-AFTRA , NAVA , and actor associations in the AI-and-creator fight. They negotiate contracts, push legislation, and defend their members. We operate the certification layer — making it possible for performers and creators to publicly declare human authorship on the work they put their names on. Different layers, same fight. Consent, compensation, and creative control belong to the human, not to the studio's AI training set. We agree, and we built a platform to act on it. We do not represent or speak for any of these organizations. But we stand alongside them.

Support the VerifiedHuman movement. Choose your contribution level or join free. Individual memberships from $9-79, organizations from $99-199. THANK YOU Welcome — your application is in. Micah will send you a personal welcome within a few days. Add micah@verifiedhuman.info to your contacts so it doesn't get lost. Pay what you can. Get the same thing. Every tier gets you full VH membership for one year. The mark, the community, the standard. Choose what fits. Thank you for being generous. <3% Membership fees cover <3% of our costs 97%+ We are >97% funded by generosity Individual ⇄ ⇄ School / Organization INDIVIDUAL Join as a Creator Every option = full membership for one year. $ 9 Help us keep the lights on. I can pay $9 $ 39 Help us get more lights. I can pay $39 $ 79 Help us spread the light to new places. I can pay $79 $ ____ Help by paying another amount. I can pay $___ Free Join FREE & send good thoughts our way. I can't pay now ORGANIZATION Join as a School or Organization Same membership, same benefits. Your team gets on the record. $ 99 Help us keep the lights on. We can pay $99 $ 149 Help us get more lights. We can pay $149 $ 199 Help us spread the light to new places. We can pay $199 $ ____ Help by paying another amount. We can pay $___ Free Join FREE & send good thoughts our way. We can't pay now Every member gets the same thing. The VH mark, logos, wordmarks, and Brand & Style Guide. Membership in a creative community spanning 25+ countries on six continents. Display the mark on any work where you led the creative process. No tiers. No premium features. One standard. Not a member yet? Join us. Join VerifiedHuman → Already a member? Get the VH Labels

Certify your work as human-performed. Build trust with producers and clients. Stand out from AI voiceovers. Free to join. Creators in 25+ countries. for VOICE ACTORS The human voice carries emotion in a way nothing else can. As AI makes imitation easy, voice actors need to prove their work is not AI. VerifiedHuman provides human-made content certification to protect the integrity of your authentic performance. When AI can generate voices in seconds, listeners deserve to know your work came from human presence and craft. The VerifiedHuman mark lets you— Certify your work as human-performed Build trust with producers, directors, and clients Stand out in a market flooded with AI-generated voiceovers Join a global movement for human creativity Click on important* words to see definition. Standard* for Voice Actors* I represent* my vocal work* to be my intellectual property,* essentially vocalized* by (a) human(s),* and not by generative AI.* See full definitions page for this standard → About you Basic information so we can stay in touch. First name** Last name* Email* Phone (optional) ––––– Your creative work A quick look at the kind of voice acting you do. What kind of voice acting do you do? (Select all that apply)* Commercials, advertising Narration, voiceover Audiobooks Video games, interactive media Animation, character voices Promos, trailers Corporate, e-learning, training Podcasts, radio Other ––––– The tools you use The tools you rely on when you record. Tell us a little about your hardware.* Examples: MacBook Air, audio interface (Scarlett 2i2, Focusrite), microphone (Shure SM7B, Audio-Technica AT2020, Warm Audio WA-47), headphones, pop filter, etc. Tell us a little about your software.* Examples: Adobe Audition, Audacity, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, GarageBand, Reaper, Studio One, etc. ––––– How your work reaches the world Where your voice work lives and how people find it. How do you get your work to your audience? How do you share it?* Examples: voice acting platforms (Voices.com, Voice123, Fiverr), through an agency or direct client contracts, personal website, demo reel, social media (YouTube, LinkedIn, Instagram), etc. How did you hear about VerifiedHuman?* ––––– Final step Please review and confirm. I agree. * I agree to receive membership communications and updates. No ads. ––––– No payment required to join. After you submit, you can choose to support VerifiedHuman financially—but membership is free if you need it to be. Join VerifiedHuman ➔ ! You'll get a personal welcome from Micah — he writes every one personally, so give him a few days. Heads up — sometimes our welcome lands in spam. If you don't see it, please check your spam or promotions folder, mark it "Not Spam," and add micah@verifiedhuman.info to your contacts. EXPLORE MORE FOR CREATORS Writers → | Visual Artists → | Musicians → | Content Creators → FOR COMMUNITIES Organizations → | Education → | Advocates → LEARN MORE Human-AI Collaboration Levels → | Full Definitions → About VerifiedHuman for Voice Actors Voice actors join VerifiedHuman to prove their work is not AI through human-made content certification. Our human creativity standard protects against AI voice replacement while allowing the use of technical tools for audio editing and noise reduction. Voice actors must perform all character work and vocal delivery with authentic human expression. We provide human authenticity verification and ai transparency certification for all voice work. Free to join, pay what you can. Creators certified across 25+ countries worldwide. You can become a VerifiedHuman Voice Actor by agreeing to this standard.

VerifiedHuman isn’t for everyone. We’re not trying to be. We’re not here to convince you that human creativity is better than AI. That’s a subjective argument—and not one we’re interested in having.   We’re not here to stop AI. It’s already woven into the world. In many cases and places—medicine, transportation, communication, even creative tools—it’s powerful, beneficial, and genuinely helpful.   We’re not here to keep someone from cloning your voice, songs, images, writing, or any other work. That’s what lawyers and legislators are for. It’s really important work. Still not our work.   We’re not here to provide digital signatures, encryption, or watermarks that prove you created something. That’s provenance technology. Also really important. Also, not our work.   So what are we doing?   We’re building a label. That’s it.   Think Fair Trade coffee. That label doesn’t say “these beans taste better.” It says, “If ethical sourcing matters to you, here’s how you find it.”  The buyer already cares. The label simply provides a way to act on it.   VerifiedHuman works the same way. ​ If human authorship matters to you— If you want to know a real person made something— If you want to support human creators in an increasingly synthetic world— here’s how you find them.   We’re not persuading anyone that human beats AI. We’re connecting people who already care about human creativity. We’re matchmakers, not missionaries.   What do you get right now?   A badge. A community of hundreds of creators across 25+ countries who think this matters. A voice in how the standard gets built.   What don’t you get?  More bookings tomorrow. Casting directors asking for your certification. A magic shield against AI competition.   Not yet. ​ We’re building toward a future where human authorship is a recognized market preference—where VerifiedHuman means something the way Fair Trade or Organic means something. We’re not there yet. We’re early.   So is this for you? ​ If you’re looking for immediate ROI, probably not. ​ If you believe human creativity has intrinsic value worth preserving—and you want to be part of building the infrastructure that makes that value visible and choosable in the market—then yes.   You’re one of us.   Human Is the New Vinyl. We’re the label that says, “This is the vinyl.”   If that’s you, welcome to the family.   If not, walk free and walk on. No hard feelings. Seriously . lnʞsʇᴉɹɐɹoʌ ɥɐɔᴉɯ ⬢ Founder

We've expanded to creators and organizations across 25+ countries on six continents—artists, writers, musicians, voice actors, and educators who certify their work as authentically human. When we launched VerifiedHuman in April 2023, most people hadn't heard of ChatGPT. AI-generated content was niche. Today, it's everywhere. That's exactly why human-made content certification matters more than ever. When we launched VerifiedHuman in April 2023, most people hadn't heard of ChatGPT. AI-generated content was niche. Today, it's everywhere. That's exactly why human-made content certification matters more than ever. Our members use the VerifiedHuman mark to show their work comes from human hands, human minds, and human hearts. We are not anti-AI—some of us use AI tools for technical tasks. But we consistently lead the creative process. We are the genesis of the ideas. We make the work. The human creativity standard we built offers human authenticity verification across all creative fields. We also provide AI transparency certification through our 5-level Human-AI Spectrum , helping creators show exactly how they work with AI tools. From New York to London , São Paulo to Tokyo , Casablanca to Sydney —the movement is growing because people want to know: Is this real? Did a human make this? Free to join. Pay what you can. Built by humans, for humans. Ready to certify your work? Join VerifiedHuman today.

Ancient Stories Echo in Modern Technology You probably know this ancient tale (from Christian (Genesis 11), Islamic, and Judaic traditions). The Tower of Babel As the story goes, humans learned to speak one common language and developed brick technology (no more stacking odd-shaped rocks). They attempted to build a tower (a.k.a. Ziggurat) to the sky at a site about 60 miles south of modern-day Baghdad. This disturbed the deity in charge, so he went down to investigate in person. This God did not like what he saw, so he "confused the languages" so that only some groups could understand others. They were then forced to gather by common languages and go their separate ways with the people with whom they could communicate naturally. Hence, the "scattering of the nations." This story took on new meaning when I heard Tristan Harris and Aza Raskin (two AI ethics leaders) discussing AI technology's rapid proliferation. They described how all these separate silos of AI development are finally coming together in large language models, essentially "all speaking the same language." The realization hit me: This is anti-Babel. Based on a common language, things are coming together again — the LLM, Large Language Model. I am not passing judgment on this. I am just noticing it. Language and power go deeper than just the Babel story. It is said that God created the universe by speaking. The creation of the cosmos was a speech event. The God of the descendants of Isaac (Judeo-Christianity) and the God of the descendants of Ishmael (Islam) is deeply invested in language. Christians often call the Bible "The Word of God." And in the fourth gospel, this very curious passage opens the account. No one really knows what it means precisely: "In the beginning, the Word (LOGOS) was with God, and the LOGOS was God. Then the Word became a man and dwelt among us." Thus, the Judeo-Christian God emerges as a god who deals fundamentally in language. A few takeaways: The proliferation of AI technology, particularly large language models, creates an "anti-Babel" scenario. Where once languages were confused and people scattered, AI unifies technology under a shared language. As these disparate tech "languages" come together, are we really, as some posit, moving toward a kind of technological "singularity?" Language plays a central role in understanding the divine across religious traditions. The act of God creating the universe through speech underscores this. That mysterious LOGOS concept—language itself being both divine and made flesh—suggests something profound about the power of words that we're just beginning to grasp. The divine response to Babel wasn't "Don't do this!" It was "Spread out. Don't do this in one place." Does this speak to the concentration of AI capabilities in the West (Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta, IBM, and Apple) and China (Tencent, Biadu, SenseTime, etc.)? If language holds this kind of sacred power—to create, unite, and divide—what responsibilities come with making artificial systems that can manipulate language with increasing sophistication? The Babel narrative reminds me that when language, power, and technology converge, the implications stretch beyond what we can imagine.