iOS 27 Beta 5 includes references to an upcoming new feature to allow Apple to authenticate iPhone photos.
What Is New
For example, the EU recently announced a code of practice on the transparency of AI-generated content intended to allow people to easily tell when content is not real. This is currently a voluntary initiative, but one AI giant has already seen which way the winds are blowing and has announced support for it. But while ARI may have limited usage when it launches, features like this are going to become increasingly common as usage of AI image-generation grows. This applies to both images and text (see below). Notably, the company is doing this worldwide, not just within EU countries – a tacit acknowledgement that such requirements are likely to become mandatory globally in the not too distant future.
Anthropic says that all future models of Claude will apply digital watermarking to both text and images.
Features and Changes
Over 500 companies have joined the C2PA initiative, while Apple for now appears to be going its own way with the Apple Reference Image (ARI) feature. Because most iPhone owners will never need to use it, assets found within the latest beta indicate that the ARI feature will be off by default, and that’s. Anyone who has taken a photo on an iPhone with ARI enabled can upload it to an Apple server for verification that it is genuine. It’s primarily intended for people like journalists and those involved in legal proceedings who may need to be able to produce independent proof that their photos are genuine.
