"The Changing Role of Photography in the Digital Age"

TL;DR
The rise of digital manipulation has eroded the credibility of photography as evidence, with tools like Photoshop and AI making it easy to alter images. Companies like Adobe and Google Photos are working on tools to verify the authenticity of images, but the battle against manipulation remains challenging. The concept of authenticity is evolving, with Google Photos allowing users to edit images to reflect their memories, while Apple's Vision Pro blurs the line between reality and digital manipulation. The trustworthiness of what we see now depends more on the credibility of the source rather than the images themselves.
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