Today, artificial intelligence (AI) is rapidly reshaping the Internet, driving a historic transformation in how we engage, work, and communicate online.
However, the rise of generative AI has also led to an explosion of deepfakes, hallucinating language models, and the rapid creation of untrustworthy content — threatening the foundation of authentic communication and learning. AI-generated content now dominates the internet, making it increasingly difficult to distinguish reality from fabrication.
While AI unlocks significant advancements, it also introduces equally substantial risks, from intellectual property infringements to illegal content, such as child sexual abuse materials.
It is for this reason, we founded umanitek.
At umanitek, our mission is to fight against harmful content and the risks of AI by promoting technology that serves the greater good of humanity.
Our founders, Trace Labs, Ethical Capital Partners and AMYP Ventures AG (part of a Piëch/Porsche Family Office) bring together their capabilities in building reliable and trusted AI systems, their connection to networks that fight for the removal of internet harm, and their ability to raise awareness of the importance of knowledge and education in the age of AI.
But this is too big of a challenge to go at it alone. Recognizing the magnitude of this issue, we actively seek partnerships with institutions and individuals dedicated to ethical AI development. We want to partner with investors who are focused on “tech for good” solutions where societal impact is of equal importance to commercial success and to work with tech leaders, policymakers, and law enforcement to make internet safety the standard in the age of AI.
Balancing innovation with responsibility in the age of AI.
Our vision is to leverage umanitek’s technology to enable corporations and individuals to control their data, technology, and resources without compromising security, privacy, or intellectual property.
Here’s but one quick example of how umanitek will work:
Far too many people are concerned about the non-consensual sharing of their personal images or those of their children. Umanitek will enable companies, law enforcement, NGOs, and individuals to upload “fingerprints” of personal photos to a decentralized directory. This system will help large technology platforms identify and prevent the distribution of such content.
In the potential next step, it also significantly streamlines the prosecution of offenders by collaborating with law enforcement while reducing the cost and complexity of legal action related to copyright infringements.
When organizations and individuals can choose what to share and how to share it in a secure and verifiable way, all internet users benefit. Protecting legitimate content and preventing large language models from training on non-consensual data are integral to harm reduction online. We believe this is an important step to making internet safety the standard in the age of AI, reducing harmful content, and enabling trusted AI solutions.
Fighting the good fight.
“We invested in OriginTrail to drive transparency and trust for real-world assets. Now, we’ve co-founded umanitek to combat harmful content, IP infringements, and fake news — leveraging OriginTrail technology across internet platforms.”
— Chris Rynning, AMYP Ventures AG (part of a Piëch/Porsche Family Office)
An unprecedented alliance for ethical AI.
Umanitek stands out by combining the expertise of three leaders in their fields:
Trace Labs (core developers of OriginTrail) — The pioneers of neuro-symbolic AI, building trusted and verifiable AI systems. They are the developers behind the OriginTrail Decentralized Knowledge Graph (DKG), a technology that enhances trust in AI, supply chains, and global data ecosystems.
Ethical Capital Partners (ECP) — A private equity firm seeking out investment and advisory opportunities in industries that require principled ethical leadership. Founded in 2022 by a multi-disciplinary team with legal, regulatory, law enforcement, public engagement, and finance experience, ECP’s philosophy is rooted in identifying companies amenable to a responsible investment approach and working collaboratively with management teams in order to develop strategies to create value and drive growth.
AMYP Ventures AG (part of a Piëch/Porsche Family Office) — A venture capital group backing game-changing AI and Web3 initiatives with the potential for global impact.
This is a collaboration that combines the knowledge of AI, cutting-edge research, and technology with ethical investment strategies to create the standard for internet safety in the age of AI — an AI solution that will serve humanity.
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