Nikon, Sony and Canon fight AI fakes with new camera tech

Digital signatures to provide way to tell real photos from deepfakes

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Sony will release a firmware for professional-grade cameras to embed digital signatures in photos. (Sony Group)

TSUYOSHI TAMEHIRO, KEIICHI FURUKAWA and YOICHIRO HIROI, Nikkei staff writers

TOKYO -- Nikon, Sony Group and Canon are developing camera technology that embeds digital signatures in images so that they can be distinguished from increasingly sophisticated fakes.

Nikon will offer mirrorless cameras with authentication technology for photojournalists and other professionals. The tamper-resistant digital signatures will include such information as date, time, location and photographer.

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