VERIFYING THAT A DIGITAL IMAGE IS NOT GENERATED BY AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

1 . At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions to verify that a digital image has an analog origin, which, when executed by at least one data processor of a system, cause the system to:

receive a request to validate that the digital image has the analog origin,

wherein the request includes an identifier associated with the digital image and an indication of a first hash associated with the digital image,

wherein the identifier includes a reference to a non-fungible token (NFT);

based on the indication of the first hash, retrieve encrypted analog values recorded by a sensor involved in generating the digital image,

wherein the encrypted analog values are encrypted using a public cryptographic key associated with an owner of the digital image;

obtain a private cryptographic key associated with the owner of the digital image;

based on the private cryptographic key, decrypt the encrypted analog values to obtain analog values;

apply a hash function to the analog values to obtain a second hash;

determine whether the first hash and the second hash match;

upon determining that the first hash and the second hash match, generate a first notification that the digital image has the analog origin; and

upon determining that the first hash and the second hash do not match, generate a second notification that the digital image does not have the analog origin.

2 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , comprising instructions to:

obtain, using the sensor, the analog values for generating the digital image;

generate, using the analog values, the first hash and the digital image;

store the analog values using a cryptography-based storage application;

generate a blockchain operation request to be executed by a blockchain node for minting the NFT using the digital image and the first hash; and

transmit the blockchain operation request to the blockchain node to commit the NFT to a blockchain.

3 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , comprising instructions to:

store an indication of the owner of the digital image along with the digital image;

cause a device to determine the owner of the digital image based on the digital image; and

cause the device to send the request to the owner of the digital image.

4 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , comprising instructions to:

store an indication of the hash function used to generate the first hash based on the analog values along with the digital image;

upon receiving the request to validate that the digital image has the analog origin, retrieve the indication of the hash function; and

apply the hash function to the analog values.

5 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the instructions to retrieve the encrypted analog values comprise instructions to:

retrieve the encrypted analog values from a cryptographically secured database,

wherein the analog values are configured to be read-only in the cryptographically secured database.

6 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the hash function maps the analog values having arbitrary size to a fixed-size value.

7 . The at least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1 , comprising instructions to:

upon determining that the first hash and the second hash match, generate the first notification that the digital image is not generated by an AI; and

upon determining that the first hash and the second hash do not match, generate the second notification that the digital image is generated by the AI.

8 . A method comprising:

receiving a request to validate that a digital image has an analog origin,

wherein the request includes an identifier associated with the digital image and an indication of a first hash associated with the digital image;

based on the indication of the first hash, retrieving encrypted analog values recorded by a sensor involved in generating the digital image,

wherein the encrypted analog values are encrypted using a public cryptographic key associated with an owner of the digital image;

obtaining a private cryptographic key associated with the owner of the digital image;

based on the private cryptographic key, decrypting the encrypted analog values to obtain analog values;

applying a hash function to the analog values to obtain a second hash;

determining whether the first hash and the second hash match; and

selectively performing generating a first notification that the digital image has the analog origin or generating a second notification that the digital image does not have the analog origin depending on whether the first hash and the second hash match.

9 . The method of claim 8 , comprising:

obtaining, using the sensor, the analog values for generating the digital image;

generating, using the analog values, the first hash and the digital image;

storing the analog values using a cryptography-based storage application;

generating a blockchain operation request to be executed by a blockchain node for minting a non-fungible token (NFT) using the digital image and the first hash; and

transmitting the blockchain operation request to the blockchain node to commit the NFT to a blockchain.

10 . The method of claim 8 , comprising:

storing an indication of the owner of the digital image along with the digital image;

causing a device to determine the owner of the digital image based on the digital image; and

causing the device to send the request to the owner of the digital image.

11 . The method of claim 8 , comprising:

storing an indication of the hash function used to generate the first hash based on the analog values along with the digital image;

upon receiving the request to validate that the digital image has the analog origin, retrieving the indication of the hash function; and

applying the hash function to the analog values.

12 . The method of claim 8 , wherein retrieving the encrypted analog values comprises:

retrieving the encrypted analog values from a cryptographically secured database,

wherein the analog values are configured to be read-only in the cryptographically secured database.

13 . The method of claim 8 , comprising:

determining whether the first hash and the second hash match; and

selectively performing generating the first notification that the digital image is not generated by an AI or generating the second notification that the digital image does is generated by the AI depending on whether the first hash and the second hash match.

14 . A system comprising:

at least one hardware processor; and

at least one non-transitory memory storing instructions, which, when executed by the at least one hardware processor, cause the system to:

receive a request to validate that a digital image has an analog origin,

wherein the request includes an identifier associated with the digital image and an indication of a first hash associated with the digital image;

based on the indication of the first hash, retrieve encrypted analog values recorded by a sensor involved in generating the digital image,

wherein the encrypted analog values are encrypted using a public cryptographic key associated with an owner of the digital image;

obtain a private cryptographic key associated with the owner of the digital image;

based on the private cryptographic key, decrypt the encrypted analog values to obtain analog values;

apply a hash function to the analog values to obtain a second hash;

determine whether the first hash and the second hash match;

upon determining that the first hash and the second hash match, generate a first notification that the digital image has the analog origin; and

upon determining that the first hash and the second hash do not match, generate a second notification that the digital image does not have the analog origin.

15 . The system of claim 14 , comprising instructions to:

obtain, using the sensor, the analog values for generating the digital image;

generate, using the analog values, the first hash and the digital image;

store the analog values using a cryptography-based storage application;

generate a blockchain operation request to be executed by a blockchain node for minting a non-fungible token (NFT) using the digital image and the first hash; and

transmit the blockchain operation request to the blockchain node to commit the NFT to a blockchain.

16 . The system of claim 14 , comprising instructions to:

store an indication of the owner of the digital image along with the digital image;

cause a device to determine the owner of the digital image based on the digital image; and

cause the device to send the request to the owner of the digital image.

17 . The system of claim 14 , comprising instructions to:

store an indication of the hash function used to generate the first hash based on the analog values along with the digital image;

upon receiving the request to validate that the digital image has the analog origin, retrieve the indication of the hash function; and

apply the hash function to the analog values.

18 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the instructions to retrieve the encrypted analog values comprise instructions to:

retrieve the encrypted analog values from a cryptographically secured database,

wherein the analog values are configured to be read-only in the cryptographically secured database.

19 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the hash function maps the analog values having arbitrary size to a fixed-size value.

20 . The system of claim 14 , comprising instructions to:

upon determining that the first hash and the second hash match, generate the first notification that the digital image is not generated by an AI; and

upon determining that the first hash and the second hash do not match, generate the second notification that the digital image is generated by the AI.