Apple Reference Photo Lets iPhone Photographers Prove What’s Real

Apple’s new iPhone camera mode promises to prove your photo isn’t AI

Apple is launching a new way to prove that the picture you took isn't manipulated by AI. A new feature, called "Reference Image," will arrive with the iPhone 18 Pro lineup later this month and is supposed to use the device's new camera sensor to "sign every pixel it sees." The iPhone 18 Pro and […]

Apple's 'Reference Image' Preserves Your Original Photos (Even After You Edit Them)

The newest iPhone 18 Pros will store signed reference images to help identify what photos really looked like when you took them, before any editing or AI.

Apple has a new way prove your iPhone photos aren’t AI slop

Apple introduced Apple Reference Image to help users determine whether photos have been edited, including alterations made by AI.

Apple Reference Photo Lets iPhone Photographers Prove What’s Real

The new iPhone 18 Pro gets a photo-authentication feature to show that a photo hasn’t been altered with AI.