AI FREE CERTIFIED
HUM-YYYY-XXXXXX
100% HUMAN
No material generative AI involvement.
The certified work was created without generative AI being materially involved in its creation.
AI FREE Certifications
AI FREE Certifications
Each certification has its own definitions, evidence requirements and evaluation methodology defined by the AI FREE Certification Standard. They answer different situations and are not ranked against each other.
AI FREE CERTIFIED
HCR-YYYY-XXXXXX
HUMAN CREATED
Human creative core.
The intellectual and creative core of the work is demonstrably human-created. Conventional digital tools and non-generative automation may have been used.
AI FREE CERTIFIED
HAI-YYYY-XXXXXX
HUMAN CREATED — AI ASSISTED
Human creation with declared AI assistance.
The original intellectual creation is human, but AI tools were used in a limited supporting capacity such as proofreading, translation or formatting.
INDEPENDENT CERTIFICATION
HVF-YYYY-XXXXXX
HUMAN VERIFIED
Independent verification of human involvement, responsibility or supervision.
A broader trust certification for companies, services or products where human authorship, origin or process has been independently verified.
Scope and limits
What AI FREE® certification does — and does not — mean
Transparency about the limits of a certification is part of what makes it trustworthy.
- —It represents the outcome of the analysis of the evidence available at the time of review.
- —It is bound to the specific work, product, service, organization or process certified.
- —It does not mean that every future activity of the holder will be human-made.
- —It is not an absolute guarantee about anything beyond the analysed scope.
- —It can be suspended or revoked if new evidence contradicts the certification.
- —It must be read according to the specific certification category granted.