Tristan Jenkinson
@tristanjenkinson.bsky.social
Digital forensics and eDiscovery expert based in the UK. Owner of ediscoverychannel.com.
An explosive writeup this month, as the August @bellingcat.com challenge was focused on the identification of explosive ordinance. You can read my solutions to Hidden Hazards here ediscoverychannel.com/2025/09/01/bellingcat-challenge-august-2025hidden-hazards/ #CTF #Bellingcat #OSINT #ExplosiveStuff
Bellingcat Challenge – August 2025(Hidden Hazards)
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction The August Bellingcat Challenges were all related to the identification of explosive ordinance. Key amongst the resources to consider were the article previousl…
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September 1, 2025 at 9:10 AM
An explosive writeup this month, as the August @bellingcat.com challenge was focused on the identification of explosive ordinance. You can read my solutions to Hidden Hazards here ediscoverychannel.com/2025/09/01/bellingcat-challenge-august-2025hidden-hazards/ #CTF #Bellingcat #OSINT #ExplosiveStuff
My solutions to the @bellingcat.com July Challenge are out, you can find my write up for "The Forgotten Files" here... digging into secrets from the past, finding clues from old maps, and even an AI failure regarding airbases. #OSINT #Bellingcat #Investigations #OpenSource
Bellingcat Challenge – July 2025 (The Forgotten Files)
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction The July Bellingcat Challenges were titled “The Forgotten Files” and were set by researcher Peter Barth, whose investigation into the murder of a Te…
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August 5, 2025 at 7:53 AM
My solutions to the @bellingcat.com July Challenge are out, you can find my write up for "The Forgotten Files" here... digging into secrets from the past, finding clues from old maps, and even an AI failure regarding airbases. #OSINT #Bellingcat #Investigations #OpenSource
My write up for Bellingcat's June challenges is now live, you can find them here - ediscoverychannel.com/2025/07/14/b.... The July challenges are live, why not go and take a look?! #CTF #ArtCrime #OSINT #Investigations
Bellingcat Challenge – June 2025 (Cultural Confusion)
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction June’s challenges were set by the team at the Association for Research into Crimes against Art, considering issues with provenance, sections of stolen paintings…
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July 14, 2025 at 8:18 AM
My write up for Bellingcat's June challenges is now live, you can find them here - ediscoverychannel.com/2025/07/14/b.... The July challenges are live, why not go and take a look?! #CTF #ArtCrime #OSINT #Investigations
Since my talk at Relativity Fest London last week, several people have asked me about the article I referenced about building bridges and working across silos. The LDI team have kindly agreed to let me republish the content #LDI #Silos #Disputes #eDiscovery ediscoverychannel.com/2025/06/17/b...
Building Bridges and Working Across Silos with Legal Data Intelligence
Introduction Last week, I had the pleasure of speaking at Relativity Fest London, alongside fellow Legal Data Intelligence Architects Melina Efstathiou, Brian Corbin and Chris Haley. We were sharin…
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June 17, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Since my talk at Relativity Fest London last week, several people have asked me about the article I referenced about building bridges and working across silos. The LDI team have kindly agreed to let me republish the content #LDI #Silos #Disputes #eDiscovery ediscoverychannel.com/2025/06/17/b...
A little later than planned, but my write up for the May set of Bellingcat challenges ("Back in Time") is now up - you can find it here! ediscoverychannel.com/2025/06/09/b... #OSINT #Bellingcat #CTF #ChatGPT
Bellingcat Challenge – May 2025 (Back in Time)
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction A little delayed, but my write-ups from last month’s Bellingcat challenges are here. Last month, the theme was “Back in Time”, and the challenges focussed on th…
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June 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
A little later than planned, but my write up for the May set of Bellingcat challenges ("Back in Time") is now up - you can find it here! ediscoverychannel.com/2025/06/09/b... #OSINT #Bellingcat #CTF #ChatGPT
My write up for the @bellingcat.com April Challenges is now online. This months theme was "Wild Lives" and included tracking down information on lions, tigers, giraffes... even geolocating a rabbit! You can read all about it here. #Bellingcat #CTF #OSINT #ChatGPT #Geolocation
Bellingcat Challenge – April 2025
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction Due to the success of their challenges put out at the end of last year, Bellingcat have decided to put out more regular challenges, with a plan for there to be …
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April 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
My write up for the @bellingcat.com April Challenges is now online. This months theme was "Wild Lives" and included tracking down information on lions, tigers, giraffes... even geolocating a rabbit! You can read all about it here. #Bellingcat #CTF #OSINT #ChatGPT #Geolocation
I've shared my write up for the @bellingcat.com March Challenges, including my encounter with a somewhat passive aggressive arrogant Generative AI system! You can read all about it here. #CTF #OSINT #Bellingcat #ChatGPT #AggressiveAI
Bellingcat Challenge – March 2025
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction At the start of March, Bellingcat decided that based on the success of the challenges put together at the end of last year, that they would make challenges more…
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April 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
I've shared my write up for the @bellingcat.com March Challenges, including my encounter with a somewhat passive aggressive arrogant Generative AI system! You can read all about it here. #CTF #OSINT #Bellingcat #ChatGPT #AggressiveAI
In this article I expand on the “eDiscovery Disconnect” discussed by Kelly Twigger. I cover Consultative v Transactional service providers, thoughts on the future, and how solutions like Legal Data Intelligence may assist going forwards. #eDiscovery #LDI #LegalDataIntelligence
Bridging the eDiscovery Gap
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction Last week I read a fantastic article by Kelly Twigger (of eDiscovery Assistant fame). The article talks about the “eDiscovery Disconnect”, and addre…
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February 10, 2025 at 10:24 AM
In this article I expand on the “eDiscovery Disconnect” discussed by Kelly Twigger. I cover Consultative v Transactional service providers, thoughts on the future, and how solutions like Legal Data Intelligence may assist going forwards. #eDiscovery #LDI #LegalDataIntelligence
A somewhat concerning use of the UK's Investigatory Powers Act being reported by the BBC and Washington Post www.bbc.co.uk/news/article.... One to keep an eye on. #Privacy #Apple
UK government demands access to Apple users' encrypted data
The Home Office served the notice to the tech giant under the Investigatory Powers Act.
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February 7, 2025 at 1:20 PM
A somewhat concerning use of the UK's Investigatory Powers Act being reported by the BBC and Washington Post www.bbc.co.uk/news/article.... One to keep an eye on. #Privacy #Apple
A recent development in California involving OpenAI training data could have a big impact on generative AI copyright and IP cases. I discuss that and some links to #DeepSeek in my latest article #ChatGPT #GenAI #NYT #copyright #NewYorkTimes #TrainingData
A Big Moment in AI Intellectual Property Lawsuits?
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction In my talks on ChatGPT and (Generative AI in general) I have regularly raised the point that OpenAI (the owners of ChatGPT) have provided little information on …
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January 31, 2025 at 10:11 AM
A recent development in California involving OpenAI training data could have a big impact on generative AI copyright and IP cases. I discuss that and some links to #DeepSeek in my latest article #ChatGPT #GenAI #NYT #copyright #NewYorkTimes #TrainingData
Happy New Year Everyone.
January 1, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Happy New Year Everyone.
Last week was the final week of the December Challenge from Bellingcat. My write up for week four (including the geolocation of a cat!) can be found here. Congratulations to the Bellingcat team for putting together such a great challenge! #OSINT #CTF #Geolocation #Cats #AI #Investigation
Bellingcat Challenge – Week 4 Writeup
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction This month Bellingcat are running a series of OSINT challenges, each week a new set of five challenges is posted for that week. The “Natural Wonders” series fin…
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December 30, 2024 at 3:35 PM
Last week was the final week of the December Challenge from Bellingcat. My write up for week four (including the geolocation of a cat!) can be found here. Congratulations to the Bellingcat team for putting together such a great challenge! #OSINT #CTF #Geolocation #Cats #AI #Investigation
A little late this week due to Christmas obligations, but week three of my Bellingcat Challenge series is now out... What more could you want for Christmas?! #OSINT #Bellingcat #investigations #geolocation #AI
Bellingcat Challenge – Week 3 Writeup
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction This month Bellingcat are running a series of OSINT challenges, each week a new set of five challenges is posted for that week. The “Urban Exploration” series f…
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December 24, 2024 at 10:52 AM
A little late this week due to Christmas obligations, but week three of my Bellingcat Challenge series is now out... What more could you want for Christmas?! #OSINT #Bellingcat #investigations #geolocation #AI
CRAC (Creative Rights in AI Coalition) have responded to government proposals to allow AI companies such as OpenAI and Meta to train their systems on copyright protected work. They are not impressed, and demand that copyright laws be respected. #GenAI #AI #ChatGPT #Copyright
UK arts and media reject plan to let AI firms use copyrighted material
Exclusive: Coalition of musicians, photographers and newspapers insist existing copyright laws must be respected
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December 20, 2024 at 10:14 AM
CRAC (Creative Rights in AI Coalition) have responded to government proposals to allow AI companies such as OpenAI and Meta to train their systems on copyright protected work. They are not impressed, and demand that copyright laws be respected. #GenAI #AI #ChatGPT #Copyright
Sentencing is today in the Craig Wright contempt case. Wright did not appear yesterday, claiming at the last minute that he could not afford to travel. It seems increasingly likely that he may be facing jail time. #Bitcoin #Cryptocurrency #COPAvWright
December 19, 2024 at 8:02 AM
Sentencing is today in the Craig Wright contempt case. Wright did not appear yesterday, claiming at the last minute that he could not afford to travel. It seems increasingly likely that he may be facing jail time. #Bitcoin #Cryptocurrency #COPAvWright
New proposals would allow AI companies to train using copyrighted materials, but suggest that there could be a way for content creators to "opt-out". #GenAI #ChatGPT #CreativeIndustry #Copyright #CopyrightLaw #AI
UK proposes letting tech firms use copyrighted work to train AI
Consultation suggests opt-out scheme for creatives who don’t want their work used by Google, OpenAI and others
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2024 at 4:35 PM
New proposals would allow AI companies to train using copyrighted materials, but suggest that there could be a way for content creators to "opt-out". #GenAI #ChatGPT #CreativeIndustry #Copyright #CopyrightLaw #AI
Last week was week 2 of Bellingcat's December challenge. You can find my write up here. If you haven't joined in yet, why not?! A great opportunity to complete some OSINT challenges. #OSINT #Bellingcat #Investigations #CTF ediscoverychannel.com/2024/12/16/b...
Bellingcat Challenge – Week 2 Writeup
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction This month Bellingcat are running a series of OSINT challenges, each week a new set of five challenges is posted for that week. Last week, the “Bellingcat Globe…
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December 16, 2024 at 9:40 AM
Last week was week 2 of Bellingcat's December challenge. You can find my write up here. If you haven't joined in yet, why not?! A great opportunity to complete some OSINT challenges. #OSINT #Bellingcat #Investigations #CTF ediscoverychannel.com/2024/12/16/b...
You can read Doug's post on the update here - ediscoverytoday.com/2024/12/09/m...
Motion for Relief in Prompts and Outputs Production Order Granted
Here, the Court granted plaintiff’s motion for relief in a prompts and outputs production order, finding it to be a “misapplication of law”.
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December 9, 2024 at 4:54 PM
You can read Doug's post on the update here - ediscoverytoday.com/2024/12/09/m...
My write up for week one of the Bellingcat Challenge is now up - ediscoverychannel.com/2024/12/09/b.... Challenge Week 2 starts today - go and check it out. #OSINT #Bellingcat #Investigations #Geolocation
Bellingcat Challenge – Week 1 Writeup
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction This week was the start of what promises to be a month of challenges from Bellingcat. Based on their posts across social media (e.g. for five days a week each w…
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December 9, 2024 at 10:19 AM
My write up for week one of the Bellingcat Challenge is now up - ediscoverychannel.com/2024/12/09/b.... Challenge Week 2 starts today - go and check it out. #OSINT #Bellingcat #Investigations #Geolocation
The fact that OpenAI is one of the parties here is a consideration, but the decision that ChatGPT prompts and responses are discoverable in this case will send a chill down a few spines. The implications could be very interesting. #eDiscovery #ChatGPT #GenAI ediscoverytoday.com/2024/12/05/p...
Prompts and Outputs Must Be Produced, Court Rules
Here, the Court ruled that plaintiffs had to produce all prompts and outputs for testing of ChatGPT, not just those supporting their claims.
ediscoverytoday.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:52 AM
The fact that OpenAI is one of the parties here is a consideration, but the decision that ChatGPT prompts and responses are discoverable in this case will send a chill down a few spines. The implications could be very interesting. #eDiscovery #ChatGPT #GenAI ediscoverytoday.com/2024/12/05/p...
I've spoken about the dangers of bias for AI systems in the past. It's interesting to see real world examples - while not relating to Generative AI, this is worth a read - www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Revealed: bias found in AI system used to detect UK benefits fraud
Exclusive: Age, disability, marital status and nationality influence decisions to investigate claims, prompting fears of ‘hurt first, fix later’ approach
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2024 at 10:16 AM
I've spoken about the dangers of bias for AI systems in the past. It's interesting to see real world examples - while not relating to Generative AI, this is worth a read - www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Happy eDiscovery day to all those who celebrate!!
December 5, 2024 at 9:13 AM
Happy eDiscovery day to all those who celebrate!!
Really pleased to complete the five Bellingcat open source puzzles on day one. If you want to play along, you can join in at challenge.bellingcat.com Enjoy! #Bellingcat #OSINT #Investigations #Geolocation
Bellingcat Open Source Challenge
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December 2, 2024 at 8:10 PM
Really pleased to complete the five Bellingcat open source puzzles on day one. If you want to play along, you can join in at challenge.bellingcat.com Enjoy! #Bellingcat #OSINT #Investigations #Geolocation
Thrilled to have my two recent articles on Generative AI and eDiscovery adoption in the courts republished on the EDRM Blog! You can read Part One here - edrm.net/2024/11/gene... #EDRM #eDiscovery #GenAI #ChatGPT
Generative AI and eDiscovery – Adoption in the Courts – Part 1
Explore the adoption of Generative AI in eDiscovery and its potential in disclosure processes within the courts.
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November 28, 2024 at 10:28 AM
Thrilled to have my two recent articles on Generative AI and eDiscovery adoption in the courts republished on the EDRM Blog! You can read Part One here - edrm.net/2024/11/gene... #EDRM #eDiscovery #GenAI #ChatGPT
Part two of my series on Generative AI and eDiscovery is out now. You can find it here ediscoverychannel.com/2024/11/19/g... #genAI #eDiscovery #legaltech #disclosure
Generative AI and eDiscovery – Adoption in the Courts – Part 2
By Dr Tristan Jenkinson Introduction In part one of this series, I discussed a section within Practice Direction 57AD which could potentially be used to allow for the use of Generative AI for the c…
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November 19, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Part two of my series on Generative AI and eDiscovery is out now. You can find it here ediscoverychannel.com/2024/11/19/g... #genAI #eDiscovery #legaltech #disclosure