Trust Identity Protocol for Creators | Launch + Hands-On | OC Tech Week
AI can copy your face, your voice and your words in seconds. Soon nobody will be able to tell what you really made. Come and learn how to prove it.
On Tuesday, October 20, The AI Lab launches the Trust Identity Protocol (TIP) live at OC Tech Week in Irvine. Watch how it works, then sit with our team, get verified, and sign your first post before you go home.
Why this matters
If someone makes a fake video of you, how do you show it isn't you? If someone copies your post, how do you show you made it first? Today most creators can't.
TIP puts your name on everything you make, in a way anyone can check. Each signed post, photo, video or article gets a public record of who made it, when, how it was made, and whether anyone changed it since. We call that a Verifiable Asset. Checking one is free for everyone.
What you will do
Watch TIP go live, from verified identity to signed content to anyone checking it
Get your TIP-ID, your verified human identity, with our team beside you
Sign your own post, video or article, then watch someone else check it
Leave knowing how to show your followers and the brands you work with that your work is really yours
Who should come
Content creators of every kind, from YouTubers, TikTokers and podcasters to writers, photographers, artists and journalists. Founders, legal and healthcare teams, and anyone whose work needs to be believed.
Coming from Orange County, Las Vegas or Silicon Valley? This is the afternoon to learn it first, in person, from the people who built it.
What to bring
A laptop with Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Arc or Brave
Your phone
A government-issued photo ID, if you want to get verified on the spot
We do not store your face image. It is used once to confirm you match your ID, then deleted right after processing. Nobody can retrieve it later, including us.
Hosts and partners
Hosted by The AI Lab, with Dinesh Mendhe (Founder and Chairman), Dr. Sofia Martinez (Chief Executive Officer), Tushar Bhendarkar (Chief Technology Officer) and Sairamakrishna Karri (Director of Engineering).
Launch partners Iffel International and AI Translator Academy, led by Hema Dey, Founder and CEO of Iffel International and an Advisor to the AI Trust Council, who is helping bring this launch together.
Promotional partner Women In International Trade, Orange County (WITOC), with Chair Simona Racek, President Destinee Broussard, and Treasurer Sharla Marocchi.
About the host
The AI Lab Intelligence Unobscured, Inc. created the Trust Identity Protocol, an open standard stewarded by the independent AI Trust Council. Learn more at theailab.org, and follow The AI Lab on LinkedIn and YouTube.
Part of OC Tech Week 2026, October 19 to 24 across Orange County, hosted by Tech Coast Venture Network. See the full week at octechweek.com.
Need help?
Call (845) 464-5347, or email tip@theailab.org or chairman@theailab.org.