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Image Forensics

The use of various techniques such as metadata inspection, pixel-level analysis, and machine learning to analyze and verify the authenticity of images.

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Jan 25, 2026
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How do courts determine whether images of minors are real or computer-generated in child pornography cases?

Courts decide whether are of real minors or computer-generated by treating digital-media authentication as a technical, evidentiary question solved through metadata and hash-matching, image-forensic a...

Jan 24, 2026
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What forensic methods do investigators use to attribute AI‑generated images to a specific model like Grok?

Investigators use a layered playbook—metadata inspection, pixel- and frequency-level analysis, sensor-noise fingerprinting, learned “model fingerprints,” and investigatory triangulation (reverse-searc...