From AI Used · 23 October 2026

“Made with AI” leaves too much out

When someone puts “made with AI” beside a piece of work, I still want to know what happened. Did a spelling checker suggest a comma? Did a model extend an image? Did an agent edit code and run the tests? Those are different kinds of help. One label shouldn't have to carry all of them.

AI Used is a small way to be more specific. Pick the statements that describe the work in front of you, including what a person directed, changed, or reviewed. You get a link that a reader can open without an account.

Say AI extended the edge of an illustration, then a person revised and fully reviewed the result. The selected statements are 27, 94, and 95. Their link is `aiused.org/1/Y_3`. The page spells out each statement, and a QR code can carry the same URL on a printed piece.

The first path segment is the vocabulary version. In /1/Y_3, 1 is the published version of the statements, and Y_3 is a reversible code for the selection. There is no database of possible combinations. The source explains the calculation, so anyone can read a code independently of this website. Most small selections produce a short link; even the largest possible selection fits in 17 code characters.

That version number matters. If we quietly changed what a published statement means, an old link could tell a new story. The original 99 statements are therefore fixed. We can improve wording or add ideas in a future vocabulary version and keep the old links readable. The full application, vocabulary, and tests are open source. If a definition is unclear, send a pull request.

A code describes selected actions. It does not name the creator or identify a particular work. If you need to correct your own disclosure, make a new link from the corrected selection and replace the link beside your work. A PR cannot edit only your page because the same selection has the same code for everyone. Names of tools, dates, model versions, and supporting evidence can live with the work itself.

This is a self-declaration. It does not detect AI, prove a claim, certify a work, or measure its quality. Unselected statements are unclaimed. Even an empty code does not say “no AI.” I would rather give a reader a precise claim they can ask about than a badge that seems to settle a question it cannot answer.

You can read the vocabulary, make a disclosure, or look at the source.