IBM Begins Introducing AI-Enabled Scanner for Global Trade

The innovation engine of the IBM corporation is rolling out the technology with one of its first clients, GIA (Gemological Institute of America) -- an independent non-profit that protects gem and jewelry customers, to help them evaluate and grade diamonds. Objects and substances that are worn, eaten or used every day will also be open to the scrutiny of the IBM Crypto Anchor Verifier software as it can validate a product's unique optical patterns, sometimes undetectable by the human eye, that differentiates them from each other. Within the next five years, IBM has stated that the digital ledger, blockchain, and cryptographic anchors, which are computers that are smaller than a grain of salt, will be able to prove the authenticity of a product. IBM has stated that, within the next five years, cryptographic anchors and blockchain digital ledger for recording transactions will ensure a product's authenticity -- from its point of origin to the hands of the customer. In a blog post, IBM stated: "By collaborating with GIA, we're taking this research outside of the lab and into a real-world setting.