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PhotoActive
Jeff Carlson & Kirk McElhearn
Episode 206: You Can’t Trust Photos Anymore
32 minutes Posted Mar 30, 2026 at 8:00 am.
Intro
Inspiring Int’l Garden Photographer of the Year Winners
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
Instax Mini 13
Jeff’s Snapshot
I Put My AirPods Max in the Freezer
Kirk’s Snapshot
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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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