watermarking

As generated output grows indistinguishable from real, knowing what is AI-made matters for trust, misinformation, and regulation. What lands is the split between in-content watermarks and attached provenance metadata, plus the fact that detection is an arms race. Here is the answer.

C2PA cryptographically signs where media originated, but a signature you can peel off is not the same as a watermark you cannot. The signal is knowing what provenance proves, what it does not, and why you pair it with watermarking. Here is the answer.