Digital identity registry · for the age of AI

Authenticity is a right. And it can be proven.

Every day, AI-made avatars, clones, voices and agents are born. TheHumanBehind is the registry where you put on record that a real, accountable person stands behind yours. Leave your mark today. Verify it tomorrow. Built for the era of the new European AI Act.

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TheHumanBehindAI identity record
AI-generated portrait of the sample avatar Leo Vega

Record no. · THB-2026-00145

Leo Vega

AI avatar 'Leo Vega', a synthetic model for fashion and campaign work.

Type
Avatar
Scope
Model
Responsible
Leo Vega
Licensed
No
Registered
15 Jul 2026
Verified
Not open yet

Sample record · AI-generated image

EU AI Act · Article 50

2 August 2026

Article 50 of the EU AI Act becomes generally applicable: the law demands transparency about AI-generated content, including visibly disclosing deepfakes.

TheHumanBehind is an independent, voluntary registry. It isn't an official EU registry, and registering doesn't by itself fulfil legal obligations. It's simply the public place that keeps on record who answers for an avatar.

Two steps. One seal.

Registering is not the same as verifying. First you put it on record; then you turn it into a badge.

Today · Free

Register free, today.

You declare that avatar is yours and take responsibility for it. It goes on record, dated, and stays private to you. It's your mark: proof that you were first.

Green fingerprint: the “Registered” seal

When it opens

Verify, once it opens.

We confirm a real human stands behind it. Your record becomes a verified badge with a public profile: the seal that helps tell the real thing from the copy.

Gold fingerprint: the “Verified” seal

See the anatomy of the seal

What we protect

Checking a verified record is free, for anyone, always.

Your likeness

Your face and your voice are yours. If a clone exists, here it is on record whose it is and who answers for it.

Your authorship

The date of your registration proves you were there first. A dated, tamper-evident record that's yours.

Your word

If an avatar speaks about health, money or law, its record shows who answers for it and the scope it declares.

What goes on record

Every registration produces evidence you can rely on. Not a promise, a record.

Your THB number

Every record gets a unique identifier. Yours for good, citable anywhere.

THB-2026-00117

An immutable date

The moment of your registration is sealed in UTC and protected by a database rule that rejects any change, including from our own administrators.

2026-07-14T09:32:11Z

A content hash

A SHA-256 fingerprint of your record, with an open recipe: the snapshot can be recomputed to confirm it's intact.

sha-256 · 3f9a1c…e2c1

A public API

Every verified record can be read through an open, free API, ready for integrations, automated checks and directories.

GET /api/v0/records/{slug}.json
The anatomy of a record

What's verified is public. And checking it, free.

Search it, read it, build on it. No account needed to check a verified record, and it never costs a thing.

Search a name, an avatar or a THB number

What a record looks like

  • THB-2026-00001

    Laia

    by AIGiner S.L.

    AvatarGeneral
  • THB-2026-00145

    Leo Vega

    by Leo Vega

    AvatarModel
  • THB-2026-00074

    Aria

    by Marta Cots

    AgentGeneral

Examples · sample data

laia.jsonjson
GET /api/v0/records/laia.json

200 OK
{
  "registry_code": "THB-2026-00001",
  "slug": "laia",
  "avatar_name": "Laia",
  "type": "avatar",
  "scope": "general",
  "operates_at": null,
  "responsible_name": "AIGiner S.L.",
  "status": "active",
  "verification_level": "verified",
  "verified_at": "2026-10-15T16:12:39.438015+00:00",
  "registered_at": "2026-07-30T23:44:44.547749+00:00",
  "content_hash": "23ec5dae1e4b330a1ebe266db49bf2d0ca88b7bb6fff0e0eeca1106bbbc5fb6d",
  "url": "https://platform.thehumanbehind.com/r/laia",
  "disputed_at": null
}

This is the shape of a verified record's response. Laia is registered, not verified yet, and the public API only serves verified records, so this call answers 404 until verification opens.

Built for both sides of trust.

Whether you create with AI or run the places where it shows up, the registry gives you something solid to point to.

For creators

Put your name on your work.

Register your avatars, your voices, your agents or whatever you create with AI. Your record is dated and private: it's your proof, and it becomes public when you verify.

  • Claim your avatar and take responsibility for it.
  • Prove you were first with a sealed, dated record.
  • Turn it into a verified badge once verification opens.
For platforms

Check who is behind an avatar.

Marketplaces, agencies and social platforms can look up any verified record through a free, open API and show their users who answers for a piece of AI.

  • Look up any verified record in a single request.
  • Read the seal, the date and the content hash.
  • Open and free, ready for your own checks.

Built on security

A registry is worth exactly as much as its integrity. Ours is protected by design. Here's how, in plain words.

How we protect the registry

Your email, never public

The record is public; your contact details are not. Your email is never exposed, not even through the API.

Untouchable date and hash

The database itself forbids changing them, administrators included.

No ID document stored

Verification confirms your identity without us keeping your ID.

EU infrastructure

Cloudflare and Supabase in European regions, with row-level security (RLS).

Secure sessions

HttpOnly cookies; no tokens exposed to JavaScript.

Bot protection

Sign-ups are protected against automated registrations.

Questions, answered plainly.

The short version. The full detail lives in our documentation and legal pages.

Is it really free?
Yes. Registering is free, and so is checking verified profiles. Checking will stay free for anyone. Verification is an optional, paid step that is not open yet.
Is this an official EU registry?
No. TheHumanBehind is an independent, voluntary registry. It isn't official, and registering doesn't by itself fulfil any legal obligation. It's simply where it's on record who answers for an avatar.
What happens to my data?
Verified records are public; free records stay private to you. Your email is never public, not even through the API, and we never store your ID document.
Can I prove I was first?
Yes. The moment you register is sealed in UTC and protected by a database rule that rejects any change, including from our own administrators. That date is your proof of priority.
What if you shut down?
We've made a public commitment in our Trust Center: six months' notice, a complete open dump of every public record, and no selling the database to a third party without that dump first.

Manifesto

«Everyone has a right to their own identity. In the digital world too. And the right for no one to imitate it, use it or profit from it without their permission.»
Read the full manifesto

Leave your mark before anyone else.

Registering is free. Verification is not open yet.