TechnologyAugust 16, 2026

provenance

PROV-uh-nuhns

Definition

The documented history of the origins, creation, or ownership of an item or data.

Etymology

Derived from the French word 'provenance,' meaning 'coming forth' or 'origin,' which itself comes from the Latin 'provenire,' meaning 'to originate or arise.'

In the news

In the article, the term refers to the cryptographically signed metadata attached to AI-generated files, which serves as a digital record to prove that Claude was involved in the creation or processing of the image.

Anthropic says it will add invisible AI watermark to show when you use Claude, but it is okay

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India Today

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