Apple has a new way prove your iPhone photos aren’t AI slop
TechCrunch 1 month ago 33 ● 7 sources
Apple introduced Apple Reference Image to verify that iPhone 18 Pro photos are authentic. It uses signed sensor data captured by the main camera sensor and processed via Private Cloud Compute into an “unalterable image” that can be compared in the Photos app. The feature will launch in Photos and later be exposed through developer APIs, with support for the SynthID standard to flag AI-created or altered images.