Your future camera may watermark images automatically, whether you want it to or not

… There are a number of ideas floating around as to how to best combat the spread of fake imagery, but new research from New York University computer scientists Pawel Korus and Nasir Memon suggests the process has to start at the point of capture, through the use of AI-powered watermarking embedded into cameras and smartphones. … “Unlike previously used watermarking techniques, these AI-learned artifacts can reveal not only the existence of photo manipulations, but also their character,” Korus said in a statement.