More phones may soon let us prove photos are real – but will it solve the AI fake image crisis?

T.J. Thomson , RMIT University Image: Thai Nguyen - Unsplash “Pics or it didn’t happen” was a thing people used to say online when they wanted to verify a claim. Technology has changed this. We now regularly see a mix of the surreal and the fantastic. World leaders saying things they didn’t . Public figures seemingly endorsing fake products . And disasters that unfold before our eyes but didn’t…