AFP (Agence France Presse) announced that it has successfully validated a certification test of its photos during the US elections via the C2PA standard using a prototype Nikon camera. In the past few months, Nikon has made several announcements related to the Content Authenticity Initiative (see the links at the bottom of this post). It is safe to assume that we will soon get firmware updates with C2PA Content Credentials support. For now, I have seen only the Z9 and the Z6II models mentioned, but I assume the Z8 will also get this new functionality. Here are the details: AFP successfully tests a new technology to verify the authenticity of its photos during the US elections With the rise of generative AI and the growing use of synthetic images, Agence France-Presse (AFP) has successfully tested a “proof of concept” to certify the authenticity of its photos, ensuring they can be verified wherever they appear online. The Agency now plans to develop this technology further in collaboration with camera manufacturers, editing software developers, and news distributors, working towards a shared industry standard that protects the integrity of photojournalism. This large-scale experiment, successfully carried out during the 2024 US elections, demonstrated that by combining the C2PA certification standard with a unique, invisible, and encrypted watermark, it is possible to guarantee the authenticity of a news photograph throughout the entire distribution chain. The process consists of four key steps: Authenticity at the point of capture – Using a prototype Nikon camera, a...
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