SenseDefend

Synthetic-media instruments, by article and effective date

Which entries give a number but not a list

Four published numbers appear in this record, and every one of them stands in for something a reader would rather have: a list of readers, a list of covered files, or a statement about what a file carries. As of 2026-09-12.

Each published number stands in for a missing listA membership figure stands in for a list of software that reads the manifest. A version number stands in for a date. A price stands in for a statement about what a file carries. All three are real and none is what a reader wanted.The number publishedThe thing it replacesA coalition figureOver 3,300 membersA list of readers in shipping productsA versionCredentials from 1.1The date that version reached an accountA priceThe tier a mark stops atWhat the delivered file containsCheckable laterOnly the price isNone of them, from the file alonePrecise figures do not imply precise claims
Fig. 1 The most verifiable number in the record is also the least informative about the article.
Published numbers in this record, and what each one is standing in for. Recorded 2026-09-12.
PointWhere it sitsWhat the record holds
A coalition figureThe reading-route columnOver 3,300 members, with no software enumerated
A version numberThe scope columnCredentials from 1.1, with no date attached to it
A priceThe lever columnTwo entries name the tier at which a mark stops

Inclusion rule. Numbers quoted from a vendor's own page. Figures this record calculated are not listed, because the record does not calculate any. Order. Widest proxy first, then the narrowest.

1A membership count is a proxy for a property nobody can measure

Interoperability cannot be demonstrated by one company, so evidence that others are involved is the substitute. A founding year and a membership figure is that evidence in its most compressed available form.

What a reader actually wants is a list of software that reads the manifest in a shipping product. Nothing in this record supplies it, and the figure is what stands where that list would be.

2A version number is a date in disguise

Credentials attributed to a stated version make provenance a function of when a clip was rendered. The page does not say when that version arrived, so the number cannot be turned into a date without asking somebody.

Which makes it the cheapest thing in the world to record at render time and nearly impossible to recover afterwards. One field in a delivery record turns the question into a lookup.

3A price is the most concrete number and says the least

The tier at which a visible mark stops is checkable against an invoice years later, which no other number here manages. It says nothing whatever about what the file contains, only about what was removed from it.

So the most verifiable number in the record is also the least informative about the article. That is worth stating plainly rather than letting a reader assume a precise figure implies a precise claim.

  • Adobe Firefly
    The vendor co-founded the Content Authenticity Initiative in 2019, described as a coalition of over 3,300 membersthe ecosystem the credentials are read byAdobe, Firefly product page / recorded 2026-09-22
  • Amazon Nova Reel
    Version 1.1 adds Content Credentials based on the C2PA specification, carrying the model and the platform usedthe second provenance layerAWS AI Service Card, Amazon Nova Reel / recorded 2026-09-22
  • HeyGen (heygen.com)
    Watermark removal is listed as a feature of the $29 Creator plan and the $49 Pro planan avatar video generatorHeyGen, pricing / recorded 2026-09-22
  • Pika
    Watermark-free download is listed from the $28 Pro plan upwardplan that removes the visible markPika, pricing / recorded 2026-09-12

4Sources

Article wording from AI Act Explorer, Article 50; vendor statements from the pages listed on each generator entry. Both read 2026-09-12. Related: Where it is written, Nothing unless asked, Who can check it.