Episode 206: You Can’t Trust Photos Anymore

About this episode

The episode discusses the challenges of distinguishing real photos from AI-generated ones and explores topics like C2PA authentication and trusting sources.

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. (Image: Generated with Adobe Firefly) Hosts: Jeff Carlson: website , Jeff's photos , Jeff on Instagram , Jeff on Glass , Jeff on Mastodon , Jeff on Bluesky Kirk McElhearn: website , Kirk's photos , Kirk on Instagram , Kirk on Glass , Kirk on Mastodon , Kirk on Bluesky Show Notes: ( View show notes with images at PhotoActive.co ) Rate and Review the PhotoActive Podcast! Inspiring International Garden Photographer of the Year Winners (PetaPixel) Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) Google Thinks AI Can Make You a Better Photographer: I Dive Into the Pixel 10 Cameras Fujifilm will explore the potential of 1-inch sensors , Digital Camera World Fujifilm Instax Mini 13 AirPods Max 2 My Original AirPods Max Stopped Working, So I Put Them in the Freezer. Really Jeff’s Snapshot Anker Soundcore Space One Kirk’s Snapshot Logitech MX Creative Console Subscribe to the PhotoActive podcast newsletter at the bottom of any page at the PhotoActive web site to…

People in this episode

Hosts: Jeff Carlson, Kirk McElhearn

Topics covered

• Generative AI
• photo authentication
• C2PA
• trust in photography

Keywords

• AI
• photography
• image generation
• digital trust

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Firefly, Glass, Mastodon, Instax Mini 13, AirPods Max 2, Snapshot, Anker, Soundcore Space One, Logitech MX Creative Console, Adobe Firefly

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