To Spot AI Fakes, Think Like a Digital Forensics Expert
WSJ Tech News BriefingAugust 15, 2026
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To Spot AI Fakes, Think Like a Digital Forensics Expert

Identifying AI-generated content is getting harder, even for the experts. Do the rest of us stand a chance? In the final installment of Tech News Briefing’s three-part series, "AI and the Blurring of Reality," WSJ personal tech columnist Nicole Nguyen sits down with digital forensics and photo experts to find out why spotting deepfakes is so difficult and get practical advice for scrutinizing the images and videos in our feeds.


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