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AI Transparency & Authorship Statement

This statement exists because authorship matters — and because we expect to be asked how our work is made.

Effective date: 7 January 2025

Controller: Andrew Woolterton (trading as NullProof Studio)

Brands: NullProof Studio · After-Image · Anachrome

1. Purpose

Artificial Intelligence is used at NullProof Studio as a thinking assistant, not a creative substitute.
AI systems support research, structure, and documentation — never the core act of analogue image creation or destruction.


2. Roles of AI in Studio Practice

Task AI Involvement Human Oversight
Research & writing assistance Claude Pro (Anthropic), ChatGPT Plus (OpenAI), Gemini (Google) Prompts created and reviewed by human operator
Governance documentation Claude / ChatGPT All decisions validated by human review before publication
Data management scripting Claude / Python tooling Temporary datasets minimised and deleted post-task
After-Image client deliverables None 100% human / analogue film process
Website & Codex illustrations AI image generation (Gemini, etc.) Prompts and curation by human operator
Authorship & destruction ritual None Fully human-performed acts

3. Data Protection & Ethics

  • We do not intentionally enter personal or client data into AI prompts, and we train operators to avoid doing so.
  • Where available, we use paid tiers and settings designed to prevent our inputs from being used to train models (subject to the provider’s controls and terms).
  • Gemini is used only for non-personal concept research.
  • Where providers process data outside the UK, we use appropriate safeguards (such as the UK Addendum/IDTA and/or the UK Extension to the EU–US Data Privacy Framework where applicable).

4. Accountability & Provenance

Every artefact produced by After-Image follows the Anachrome Protocol:
twelve exposures → one survivor → total destruction of intermediates.
AI systems may help document this ritual but never participate in the act itself.
Final authorship, intent, and destruction are human decisions.


5. Transparency Commitment

We disclose all AI-assisted activity in our public materials and maintain a continuous audit of tools used.
Each new AI system undergoes an internal review for:

  • Privacy and data handling
  • Creative impact
  • Environmental considerations (where information is available)

If any system changes how we operate, this statement will be updated and versioned in the Governance Index.

This statement is provided for transparency and does not form part of any contract unless expressly incorporated into written commission terms.

Privacy contact: [email protected]


Last updated: 7 January 2025