As concern grows that images on the internet have been wildly manipulated by AI, chipmaker Qualcomm is doubling down on authenticity. The company wants to prove that the images taken on your phone look the same as when you clicked the shutter button.

At Snapdragon Summit 2025, Qualcomm debuted its new Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 , a powerful chip that will be featured in next year's top Android phones. Among its improvements is a digital content authentication standard called C2PA , which digitally watermarks photos and video footage to show how much AI, if any, was used in the final product.

In a world of deepfakes, digital content companies may increasingly adopt the open C2PA technical standard to prove veracity.

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