- Apple has introduced a new tool called Apple Reference Image for the iPhone 18 Pro camera, designed to prove that photographs are authentic and unedited amid the rise of AI-generated content.
- The feature captures an encrypted digital negative alongside the photo, which is processed through secure servers to confirm the image was taken by a real camera sensor at a specific time.
- To use the tool, photographers must manually activate a special secure mode, restricting its functionality strictly to the iPhone 18 Pro main camera.
- The system is aimed at photojournalists and news organisations documenting real-world events, enabling them to verify image authenticity without revealing their personal identity.
- While Apple Reference Image cannot identify whether an external image is fake, it allows users to definitively prove that their own captured photos depict genuine events.
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