You Can’t Trust Photos Anymore

Episode 206 · March 30th, 2026 · 32 mins 44 secs

About this Episode

So it’s come to this. Generative AI has quickly gotten so good that it’s hard to distinguish real photos from generated ones. So where do we go from here? We talk about C2PA authentication, trusting your sources, and more.

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