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I'm finding it harder and harder to tell whether an image has been generated or not (the main giveaways are disappearing). This is probably going to become a big problem in like half a year's time. Does anyone know of any proof of legitimacy projects that are gaining traction? I can imagine news orgs being the first to be hit by this problem. Are they working on anything?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

This relies on everyone maintaining the chain though which there is nothing to force them into doing so.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Absolutely, but that's not really the point. If you remove the chain, then the file becomes untrusted. We're talking about attaching trust to an image, and a signature chain is how you ensure that that trust.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Couldn't you just start a new chain though from any point?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

Yes, but starting a new chain would necessarily reallocate the ownership. So if reuters.com created a real image and then Alex Jones modified it, stripped the headers, and then re-created them, then the image would no longer appear to be from Reuters, but rather from infowars.com.