Sample reports

What a good review output should look like

These examples show how different evidence patterns should be interpreted. The point is not just to display a score, but to teach teams how to read provenance, metadata, detector outputs, and visual reasoning together.

Case 1: high AI-generation risk

Best for showing how multiple risk signals align: no trusted provenance, stripped or weak metadata, high Sightengine-style pixel risk, a supporting Hive cross-check, and VRE findings that point to visible artifacts.

Expected handling: Manual escalation strongly recommended.

  • C2PA: missing credential
  • EXIF: metadata present but not exonerating
  • Sightengine/Hive: detector signals align at high risk
  • VRE: texture, geometry, reflection, or text cues look suspicious

Case 2: trusted provenance signal

Best for explaining that a strong signed provenance chain can materially change how a reviewer interprets the file, even when detector scores are modest or incomplete.

Expected handling: Useful for lower-risk handling, but still read the full context.

  • C2PA: valid signed issuer chain
  • EXIF: consistent capture and edit history
  • Sightengine/Hive: mixed or modest risk scores
  • VRE: limited suspicious visual cues

Case 3: conflicting evidence

Best for demonstrating why ImageVerity should not be read as a single-score oracle. If Sightengine, Hive, provenance, metadata, and VRE do not agree, the safest output is context plus escalation.

Expected handling: Do not auto-decide. Route to human review with context.

  • C2PA: absent or broken chain
  • EXIF: partial but inconclusive metadata
  • Sightengine/Hive: disagreement across detector layers
  • VRE: some visual concerns, but not enough for certainty

Reading rule

The report is useful when it changes the next step

A useful report does not merely say "probably AI." It helps a reviewer decide whether to publish, label, hold, escalate, or investigate further. That is why ImageVerity emphasizes readable evidence chains and cautious language.

When detector signals agree, the report can recommend a stronger review action. When they disagree, the report should preserve the disagreement instead of hiding it behind a single clean-looking score.

Pair this page with the methodology.

If you want to understand why these example outcomes differ, read the methodology page and then run the workflow on one of your own images.