AI-First Exchange (AIFX) is an open, governance-first container standard for AI-generated media.
It defines how AI-created works are packaged, declared, and verified — focusing on provenance, integrity, and portability, not ownership claims or legal adjudication.
Start here
- Desktop tooling: https://github.com/AI-First-Exchange/aifx-desktop
- Vision/roadmap: https://github.com/AI-First-Exchange/aifx-desktop/blob/main/VISION.md
As AI-generated content becomes ubiquitous and AI answers replace traditional search clicks, creators and platforms need a clear way to answer:
- Who is declaring authorship?
- How was this work generated?
- Has this package been altered since it was created?
AIFX provides a defensible, machine-verifiable structure to answer those questions.
AIFX is a container format family that bundles:
- AI-generated media assets
- a structured
manifest.json - declared authorship and creation context
- cryptographic hashes for integrity verification
AIFX packages are designed to be:
- portable across platforms
- verifiable without central authority
- honest about what they do and do not claim
- ❌ Not a copyright system
- ❌ Not proof of originality
- ❌ Not an identity verification authority
- ❌ Not a moderation or enforcement platform
AIFX records Self-Declared Authorship (SDA) and enforces structural and integrity rules only.
Trust scoring, identity verification, and enforcement belong to downstream platforms.
- SDA only — Self-Declared Authorship is the sole verification tier in v0
- Validators do not lie — packages deterministically pass or fail
- No silent assumptions — required fields are enforced explicitly
- Structure before UX — governance precedes convenience
- Provenance over platforms — packages must outlive services
- AIFM — AI-generated music
- AIFV — AI-generated video
- AIFI — AI-generated images
- AIFP — AI-generated projects
All formats share the same provenance and integrity model.
- aifx-desktop — Desktop converter + validator tooling
https://github.com/AI-First-Exchange/aifx-desktop
More repositories will appear as components stabilize.
AI First Exchange™ (AIFX™) is an open standard stewarded by its original author and community contributors.
Use of the source code or specifications does not grant permission to imply official endorsement or certification beyond what is explicitly documented.
Declare only what you can prove today.
Design for what you can verify tomorrow.