2026-04-17
Per Henrikson
Veratad Technologies, LLC, a global provider of age and identity verification solutions, today announced that it has achieved certification to ISO/IEC 27566-1:2025, the newly established international standard for age assurance systems.
The new tool lets developers connect iDenfy’s full documentation directly to AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Cursor, Perplexity, and other AI assistants.
In the US, Patient access has become a primary entry point for healthcare, yet it remains vulnerable. Account takeover, synthetic identities, and credential stuffing attacks have grown as fraudsters use automation and AI to produce convincing attempts at scale.
2026-04-17
Ian Fleming
Anthropic has begun requiring identity verification from individual Claude users. In some cases, without verification, access to the service or its features may be limited.
DUST Identity, the physical authentication company, today announced the launch of Theseus — an integrated end-to-end solution that combines raw material traceability for aerospace metals with AI-assisted fraud detection for parts airworthiness documentation.
The system is based on “zero-knowledge proof” meaning social media users will be able to verify their age without sharing personal data with the platforms.
2026-04-14
Ian Fleming
AstreaX, a leader in government technology and digital identity, today announced the availability of AX Wallet, a secure, mobile friendly digital wallet platform that streamlines how citizens access and manage their identification, credentials and government services.
The OpenID Foundation is launching a new eKYC work item in response to NIST’s recently-introduced draft guidance for financial institutions implementing mobile driver’s licenses for identity verification.
Sybol Landed Over €1 Million that it will use the funding to accelerate the rollout of its enterprise verification platform and corporate digital identity wallet.
2026-04-14
Per Henrikson
In early March, 438 security and privacy researchers from 32 countries signed a massive open letter warning that age verification mandates for the internet are technically impossible to get right, easy to circumvent, a serious threat to privacy and security, and likely to cause more harm than good. While many folks (including us at Techdirt)…
Estonia declined the EU's Jutland Declaration, arguing age bans are unenforceable and Europe should enforce GDPR against platforms instead of restricting children.
Implementing Acts are meant to accompany the eIDAS 2.0 regulation, adding specific rules, such as technical specifications, processes and standards that stakeholders need to apply. The Acts spell out everything from certification standards, digital trust services and much more.
