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TrustLens Early access

AI-powered forensics that verifies images, videos, screenshots and documents in seconds. Built for the people AI manipulation actually targets, not just cybersecurity labs.

Status
Early access
Stack
CV forensics, ML, template matching
Built
Solo

Sora, VEO, Midjourney and watermark-removal tools have made manipulation instant and invisible. Existing AI detectors only catch the narrow slice they were trained for: AI faces, deepfake audio, generated images. They miss the content that actually does damage in ordinary life: a forged UPI payment slip, an edited WhatsApp screenshot, a fabricated school notice.

The world built tools that can generate anything. Nobody built the tool that can verify anything.

TrustLens closes that gap with a multilayer forensic engine: classical vision forensics, AI artifact detection, structural document analysis and origin-path reconstruction. Built for students, teachers, small sellers, and anyone who's ever squinted at a screenshot wondering if it's real.

01. Real or fake, in secondsScan

Authenticity score plus anomaly highlights: lighting, shadows, pixel artifacts, text inconsistencies.

Vision forensics engine4 checks
  • Error Level AnalysisMeasures compression difference to isolate edited regions
  • Chromatic aberration checkReal camera lenses fringe slightly; edits break the pattern
  • FFT texture analysisCatches repeating AI-style textures in the frequency domain
  • Illumination field estimationChecks whether lighting and shadows match physical reality
2-5starget latency per image
≤10%target false-positive rate
6-12sper short video clip

Most detectors stop at a real/fake label. This is the layer underneath it: the evidence, not just the verdict.

02. How was this actually made?Trace

Reality Trace reconstructs the most probable creation history of a file, step by step.

Reality Trace, origin-path reconstructionexample
  1. CameraOriginal capture, EXIF-consistent
  2. EditCompression-layer jump detected
  3. AI passDiffusion fingerprint present
  4. Resave, then screenshotInterpolation artifacts, screenshot lineage confirmed
7 signalsediting, diffusion and pixel-pattern fingerprints
Not binarya pathway, not a real/fake coin-flip

“AI or not” is the wrong question for most real-world fakes. Most damage comes from content that is part real, part edited, part AI-touched-up. Reality Trace answers the actual question.

03. What happens if this is trusted?Risk

TruthScore+ rates real-world consequence, not just authenticity.

TruthScore+, risk and consequence4 examples
  • Fake UPI payment slipHigh, financial
  • Fake school noticeMedium, institutional
  • AI-generated videoHigh, reputation
  • Fake chat screenshotMedium, social
Low / Med / Highrisk output, not a raw score
Context-weightedcategory, financial impact, known scam patterns

A fake UPI slip and a fake meme aren't the same threat. TruthScore+ explains the danger, not just whether something's doctored.

04. Does this exist anywhere else?Shield

Source Match Shield cross-checks templates, formats and public sources before anything gets trusted.

Source Match Shield, cross-verificationfails closed
  • Perceptual hashingpHash similarity against known content
  • Reverse image and video searchChecks for prior public appearance
  • Template matchingUPI slips, notices, receipts against reference formats
  • OCR keyword indexingCross-references extracted text against known formats
20+reference templates targeted for MVP
No match, flaggedfails closed, not open

If content can't be matched to anything real, it doesn't get the benefit of the doubt.

TrustLens isn't positioned as another AI detector. It's the category underneath: classical forensic imaging, statistical analysis, AI artifact detection, template matching and risk scoring, brought together for people who aren't cybersecurity researchers.

The world is busy building swords. TrustLens is building the shield.

Digital forensics, for everyone.

TrustLens is in early access. The core forensic engine is being built layer by layer, and this case study tracks the real architecture, not a pitch.