When seeing is no longer believing: How AI fakes complicate visual investigations
Journalists and open-source experts say AI manipulation, shrinking access to footage and rising costs are making visual verification harder.
Romy Abu-Fadel is a journalist, researcher, and 2026 graduate of Georgetown University’s Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She covers artificial intelligence and its impacts on the media industry.

Journalists and open-source experts say AI manipulation, shrinking access to footage and rising costs are making visual verification harder.

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