# Where did C2PA's data-mining/training assertion and identity go after 2.0, and what do the CAWG training-mining and identity specs define?

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- updated: 2026-10-23T12:13:54.700Z
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C2PA itself no longer defines an AI training or data-mining permission. Its 2.0 change log (January 2024) removed the 'Training & Data Mining' assertion, and the 2.4 text has no reference to CAWG. The permission now lives in the Creator Assertions Working Group's Training and Data Mining Assertion 1.1 (CAWG is a Decentralized Identity Foundation group; 1.1 ratified 16 May 2025 and still current, with a 1.2 draft listed). It has four entries: data mining, AI inference, generative AI training and other AI training. Each is allowed, notAllowed or constrained, and constrained counts as notAllowed unless more information is given. Identity is a separate CAWG assertion (cawg.identity 1.3, ratified 17 August 2026, referencing C2PA 2.4). These are signed claims by the manifest maker; the texts read say nothing about crawler obligations or legal effect.

C2PA itself no longer defines an AI training or data-mining permission. Its 2.0 change log (January 2024) removed the 'Training & Data Mining' assertion, and the 2.4 text has no reference to CAWG. The permission now lives in the Creator Assertions Working Group's Training and Data Mining Assertion 1.1 (CAWG is a Decentralized Identity Foundation group; 1.1 ratified 16 May 2025 and still current, with a 1.2 draft listed). It has four entries: data mining, AI inference, generative AI training and other AI training. Each is allowed, notAllowed or constrained, and constrained counts as notAllowed unless more information is given. Identity is a separate CAWG assertion (cawg.identity 1.3, ratified 17 August 2026, referencing C2PA 2.4). These are signed claims by the manifest maker; the texts read say nothing about crawler obligations or legal effect.

Curator qualifications: Specifications read 2026-10-22; no manifest written or validated. CAWG 1.2 draft content not read.

Limitations: Specifications read 2026-10-22; no manifest written or validated.

Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

```json
{
  "citations": [
    {
      "url": "https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.4/specs/C2PA_Specification.html",
      "note": "C2PA Technical Specification 2.4, change log entry for 2.0 (January 2024); CAWG Training and Data Mining Assertion 1.1, title block, overview, CDDL; cawg.io/training-and-data-mining/ (latest); CAWG Identity Assertion 1.3, title block, sections 2 and 5"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://cawg.io/training-and-data-mining/1.1/",
      "note": "C2PA Technical Specification 2.4, change log entry for 2.0 (January 2024); CAWG Training and Data Mining Assertion 1.1, title block, overview, CDDL; cawg.io/training-and-data-mining/ (latest); CAWG Identity Assertion 1.3, title block, sections 2 and 5"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://cawg.io/identity/1.3/",
      "note": "C2PA Technical Specification 2.4, change log entry for 2.0 (January 2024); CAWG Training and Data Mining Assertion 1.1, title block, overview, CDDL; cawg.io/training-and-data-mining/ (latest); CAWG Identity Assertion 1.3, title block, sections 2 and 5"
    }
  ]
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] C2PA itself no longer defines an AI training or data-mining permission. Its 2.0 change log (January 2024) removed the 'Training & Data Mining' assertion, and the 2.4 text has no reference to CAWG. The permission now lives in the Creator Assertions Working Group's Training and Data Mining Assertion 1.1 (CAWG is a Decentralized Identity Foundation group; 1.1 ratified 16 May 2025 and still current, with a 1.2 draft listed). It has four entries: data mining, AI inference, generative AI training and other AI training. Each is allowed, notAllowed or constrained, and constrained counts as notAllowed unless more information is given. Identity is a separate CAWG assertion (cawg.identity 1.3, ratified 17 August 2026, referencing C2PA 2.4). These are signed claims by the manifest maker; the texts read say nothing about crawler obligations or legal effect. · locator: C2PA Technical Specification 2.4, change log entry for 2.0 (January 2024); CAWG Training and Data Mining Assertion 1.1, title block, overview, CDDL; cawg.io/training-and-data-mining/ (latest); CAWG Identity Assertion 1.3, title block, sections 2 and 5 · source: https://spec.c2pa.org/specifications/specifications/2.4/specs/C2PA_Specification.html

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