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Instagram Weighs Digital Fingerprints to Verify Authentic Photos and Videos

Adam Mosseri frames the shift as a response to AI outpacing platform detection systems.

Overview

  • Instagram’s CEO proposes marking real photos and videos at creation or upload rather than relying on catching every AI-generated fake.
  • The company says it is examining a cryptographic provenance approach that could assign a secure identifier to original media.
  • Possible implementations under review include C2PA-style chains of custody and collaboration with camera and device makers to sign content.
  • Instagram has not committed to a rollout or timeline, and details on scope and standards remain undecided.
  • Mosseri argues labels must be paired with richer context about media and the accounts sharing it as AI-made posts surge in volume and realism.