Origin and Ownership of Pause.Prove.Protect.™

Pause.Prove.Protect.™ was created by Langley Allbritton, founder of AI Communications Consulting, in 2026.

The program addresses the human side of digital security by helping people recognize risk and make safer decisions at the moments when scams, impersonation and digital deception occur. It is designed to complement cybersecurity protections through practical, behavior-based education that strengthens awareness, judgment and confidence.

The Pause.Prove.Protect.™ method teaches three essential actions:

Pause before reacting, responding or sending money.

Prove that the person, request or situation is legitimate using an independent source.

Protect yourself and others by stopping contact, securing accounts and reporting suspected fraud.

The broader Pause.Prove.Protect.™ program includes its three-part educational method, quarterly digital-safety campaigns, program champion resources, presentations, training materials, scam education, implementation guidance and supporting digital tools. It was developed to help organizations build safer digital habits and stronger, more resilient communities.

Pause.Prove.Protect.™ and its original program materials were developed by Langley Allbritton and are the intellectual property of AI Communications Consulting.

Origin and Ownership of The HUMAN AI Ethics Framework™ for Communications Workflows

The HUMAN AI Ethics Framework™ for Communications Workflows was developed by Langley Allbritton, founder of AI Communications Consulting, in 2026.

The framework establishes a comprehensive approach to ethical responsibility for public relations and communications professionals working in an environment increasingly shaped by artificial intelligence.

It recognizes that communications no longer influences only what people know, believe and decide. Communications also shapes the information systems that interpret reality for people, the AI-generated answers that inform decisions, the autonomous agents that act on behalf of individuals and organizations, and the physical AI systems that may translate information into real-world action.

The HUMAN AI Ethics Framework™ for Communications Workflows organizes professional responsibility around five connected principles:

Human purpose

Examine the legitimate purpose of the communication, the human and public decisions it may influence, who benefits, who bears risk and whether the intended influence preserves informed choice and human agency.

Understand people, systems and downstream use

Consider immediate and indirect audiences, people represented in the communication, data and sources, search and generative AI systems, knowledge repositories, autonomous agents, future users and physical systems that may rely on the information.

Maintain human judgment and machine integrity

Preserve meaningful human authority over consequential decisions while protecting AI systems and agentic workflows from deception, data poisoning, manufactured evidence, impersonation, prompt injection and unauthorized influence.

Assess truth and impact across time

Verify truth and provenance while evaluating intended and unintended consequences across immediate, near-term, medium-term and long-term horizons, including cumulative, systemic, autonomous and physical effects.

Name, navigate and notice

Disclose material AI involvement, identify accountable owners, document consequential decisions, monitor human and machine outcomes, correct errors, retire outdated information and preserve an authoritative record for future people and systems.

The framework also includes an original Communications Impact Assessment, ethical red lines for influencing AI systems, safeguards for agentic and physical AI, long-horizon stewardship guidance, future-facing measures of communications impact and a comprehensive approval methodology.

The HUMAN AI Ethics Framework™ for Communications Workflows is informed by established principles reflected in the PRSA Code of Ethics, UNESCO’s Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence, the AAAI Code of Professional Ethics and Conduct, and relevant guidance from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. These sources provide the ethical and technical foundation for the work. The framework’s name, five-part formulation, communications-specific structure, applied methodology, assessment tools, red lines and original supporting materials were developed by Langley Allbritton.

The HUMAN AI Ethics Framework™ for Communications Workflows

Developed by Langley Allbritton

Founder, AI Communications Consulting