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The Cloudflare C2PA service is back online, only took a month.
It is non‑compliant, non‑conformant, and "interoperable" exclusively with their friends at Adobe, on a deprecated version.
Results for the "chain of provenance" promise for ChatGPT, Windows Paint, Google Gemini and Adobe Firefly:
It is non‑compliant, non‑conformant, and "interoperable" exclusively with their friends at Adobe, on a deprecated version.
Results for the "chain of provenance" promise for ChatGPT, Windows Paint, Google Gemini and Adobe Firefly:
January 27, 2026 at 6:38 PM
The Cloudflare C2PA service is back online, only took a month.
It is non‑compliant, non‑conformant, and "interoperable" exclusively with their friends at Adobe, on a deprecated version.
Results for the "chain of provenance" promise for ChatGPT, Windows Paint, Google Gemini and Adobe Firefly:
It is non‑compliant, non‑conformant, and "interoperable" exclusively with their friends at Adobe, on a deprecated version.
Results for the "chain of provenance" promise for ChatGPT, Windows Paint, Google Gemini and Adobe Firefly:
The Ring webcam,famous for its security, has rolled out C2PA exactly as expected: non‑compliant and incompatible.
Probably for the best, since with server‑side signing it’d take about an hour before YouTube filled up with gen‑AI proudly stamped "Authentic Ring Footage."
blog.ring.com/about-ring/y...
Probably for the best, since with server‑side signing it’d take about an hour before YouTube filled up with gen‑AI proudly stamped "Authentic Ring Footage."
blog.ring.com/about-ring/y...
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The Ring webcam,famous for its security, has rolled out C2PA exactly as expected: non‑compliant and incompatible.
Probably for the best, since with server‑side signing it’d take about an hour before YouTube filled up with gen‑AI proudly stamped "Authentic Ring Footage."
blog.ring.com/about-ring/y...
Probably for the best, since with server‑side signing it’d take about an hour before YouTube filled up with gen‑AI proudly stamped "Authentic Ring Footage."
blog.ring.com/about-ring/y...
Another @adobe.com sponsored C2PA promo piece, promoted by @andyparsons.net on LinkedIn. And this time @contentauth.bsky.social really cut costs: the "journalist" is literally AI‑generated.
If only there were some magical technology to detect AI‑generated images.
www.findarticles.com/ring-launche...
If only there were some magical technology to detect AI‑generated images.
www.findarticles.com/ring-launche...
January 27, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Another @adobe.com sponsored C2PA promo piece, promoted by @andyparsons.net on LinkedIn. And this time @contentauth.bsky.social really cut costs: the "journalist" is literally AI‑generated.
If only there were some magical technology to detect AI‑generated images.
www.findarticles.com/ring-launche...
If only there were some magical technology to detect AI‑generated images.
www.findarticles.com/ring-launche...
C2PA introduced CAWG in December 2023 to replace the removed TDM assertions in the 2.0 spec, but CAWG is effectively an Adobe feature, created by the same Adobe C2PA team and shipped inside Adobe’s "open‑source" C2PA SDK. Regulators should not be misled: TDM is part of C2PA.
January 22, 2026 at 9:20 AM
C2PA introduced CAWG in December 2023 to replace the removed TDM assertions in the 2.0 spec, but CAWG is effectively an Adobe feature, created by the same Adobe C2PA team and shipped inside Adobe’s "open‑source" C2PA SDK. Regulators should not be misled: TDM is part of C2PA.
I wonder why C2PA decided to encode their manifest/signature for plain text in a way that is not visually rendered while they could have used Unicode emojis.🤔
According to C2PA:
"the size increase is negligible relative to the asset itself and is a reasonable tradeoff for added security and trust."
According to C2PA:
"the size increase is negligible relative to the asset itself and is a reasonable tradeoff for added security and trust."
January 16, 2026 at 9:12 AM
I wonder why C2PA decided to encode their manifest/signature for plain text in a way that is not visually rendered while they could have used Unicode emojis.🤔
According to C2PA:
"the size increase is negligible relative to the asset itself and is a reasonable tradeoff for added security and trust."
According to C2PA:
"the size increase is negligible relative to the asset itself and is a reasonable tradeoff for added security and trust."
A new study from the Media and Journalism Research Center found that nearly 90% of late‑2024/2025 posts on LinkedIn and Facebook were mostly or fully AI‑generated.
While Microsoft and Meta pushed governments to adopt #C2PA to combat AI slop, they were actively welcoming it on their own platforms.
While Microsoft and Meta pushed governments to adopt #C2PA to combat AI slop, they were actively welcoming it on their own platforms.
January 15, 2026 at 7:39 PM
A new study from the Media and Journalism Research Center found that nearly 90% of late‑2024/2025 posts on LinkedIn and Facebook were mostly or fully AI‑generated.
While Microsoft and Meta pushed governments to adopt #C2PA to combat AI slop, they were actively welcoming it on their own platforms.
While Microsoft and Meta pushed governments to adopt #C2PA to combat AI slop, they were actively welcoming it on their own platforms.
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has rolled out an “AI Transparency and Disclosure Framework” (with #C2PA 😬) to help brands advertising on social platforms where the majority of posts are genAI and a significant share of the user base are automated accounts. www.iab.com/guidelines/a...
January 15, 2026 at 7:21 PM
The Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) has rolled out an “AI Transparency and Disclosure Framework” (with #C2PA 😬) to help brands advertising on social platforms where the majority of posts are genAI and a significant share of the user base are automated accounts. www.iab.com/guidelines/a...
The latest C2PA specifications repurpose portions of the Unicode standard to tag plain text as AI‑generated or modified.
The C2PA working group (Adobe, Microsoft, Google, Meta..) never checked whether this would conflict with Unicode’s own guidance, and Unicode is not happy about it.
The C2PA working group (Adobe, Microsoft, Google, Meta..) never checked whether this would conflict with Unicode’s own guidance, and Unicode is not happy about it.
www.unicode.org
January 15, 2026 at 4:56 PM
The latest C2PA specifications repurpose portions of the Unicode standard to tag plain text as AI‑generated or modified.
The C2PA working group (Adobe, Microsoft, Google, Meta..) never checked whether this would conflict with Unicode’s own guidance, and Unicode is not happy about it.
The C2PA working group (Adobe, Microsoft, Google, Meta..) never checked whether this would conflict with Unicode’s own guidance, and Unicode is not happy about it.
The head of Instagram is posting unlabeled AI‑generated text on the very platform flooded with AI slop, while calling for… labeling AI‑generated content.
Instagram actually introduced genAI labeling (via C2PA) nearly two years ago, but quietly UI buried it after Adobe’s genAI victims pushed back.
Instagram actually introduced genAI labeling (via C2PA) nearly two years ago, but quietly UI buried it after Adobe’s genAI victims pushed back.
January 3, 2026 at 6:42 PM
The head of Instagram is posting unlabeled AI‑generated text on the very platform flooded with AI slop, while calling for… labeling AI‑generated content.
Instagram actually introduced genAI labeling (via C2PA) nearly two years ago, but quietly UI buried it after Adobe’s genAI victims pushed back.
Instagram actually introduced genAI labeling (via C2PA) nearly two years ago, but quietly UI buried it after Adobe’s genAI victims pushed back.
Most 2024–2025 C2PA pilots have been abandoned, drowned out by the AI slop produced by the C2PA Steering Committee companies.
Whatever survives will likely be buried by the conformance program.
The CAI Director’s claims are almost comical given Adobe has probably already cut its budget.
Whatever survives will likely be buried by the conformance program.
The CAI Director’s claims are almost comical given Adobe has probably already cut its budget.
Looking back on 2025 and ahead to 2026 at why Content Authenticity matters, especially now: contentauthenticity.org/blog/the-sta...
#contentauthentcity #c2pa #cawg #provenance
#contentauthentcity #c2pa #cawg #provenance
The State of Content Authenticity in 2026
As the Content Authenticity Initiative marks five years and 6,000 members, interoperable content provenance is becoming real. With open standards, Content Credentials are now used across devices, medi...
contentauthenticity.org
January 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
Most 2024–2025 C2PA pilots have been abandoned, drowned out by the AI slop produced by the C2PA Steering Committee companies.
Whatever survives will likely be buried by the conformance program.
The CAI Director’s claims are almost comical given Adobe has probably already cut its budget.
Whatever survives will likely be buried by the conformance program.
The CAI Director’s claims are almost comical given Adobe has probably already cut its budget.
Google’s C2PA AI Slop provenance is bloated beyond the absurd: 2.1 MB of metadata on a 700 kB JPEG, offering nothing useful beyond Google’s own entries and nearly crashing Adobe’s verifier.
A simple max 4 kB signed “Generated by AI” tag would’ve been more than enough.
A simple max 4 kB signed “Generated by AI” tag would’ve been more than enough.
December 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Google’s C2PA AI Slop provenance is bloated beyond the absurd: 2.1 MB of metadata on a 700 kB JPEG, offering nothing useful beyond Google’s own entries and nearly crashing Adobe’s verifier.
A simple max 4 kB signed “Generated by AI” tag would’ve been more than enough.
A simple max 4 kB signed “Generated by AI” tag would’ve been more than enough.
Ordinarily, a Cloudflare outage has immediate, visible effects across the Internet.
Yet its C2PA service has been down for nearly a week with almost no reaction.
The reason is simple: outside of government‑driven advocacy, C2PA sees little real‑world use.
Yet its C2PA service has been down for nearly a week with almost no reaction.
The reason is simple: outside of government‑driven advocacy, C2PA sees little real‑world use.
December 22, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Ordinarily, a Cloudflare outage has immediate, visible effects across the Internet.
Yet its C2PA service has been down for nearly a week with almost no reaction.
The reason is simple: outside of government‑driven advocacy, C2PA sees little real‑world use.
Yet its C2PA service has been down for nearly a week with almost no reaction.
The reason is simple: outside of government‑driven advocacy, C2PA sees little real‑world use.
Don’t rely on Adobe Illustrator, like IPTC, for your C2PA manifests, It produces SVG files so bad that they manage to crash Adobe’s own C2PA verifier UI.
Use Inkscape, It just work at 1/100 (?) of the file size.
IPTC is heavily bankrolled by Adobe, I get they have to use Illustrator.
Use Inkscape, It just work at 1/100 (?) of the file size.
IPTC is heavily bankrolled by Adobe, I get they have to use Illustrator.
December 11, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Don’t rely on Adobe Illustrator, like IPTC, for your C2PA manifests, It produces SVG files so bad that they manage to crash Adobe’s own C2PA verifier UI.
Use Inkscape, It just work at 1/100 (?) of the file size.
IPTC is heavily bankrolled by Adobe, I get they have to use Illustrator.
Use Inkscape, It just work at 1/100 (?) of the file size.
IPTC is heavily bankrolled by Adobe, I get they have to use Illustrator.
The IPTC "Origin Verify" ( @adobe.com C2PA) verifier has returned, promising trust for journalists.
Sadly, one of my forgery managed to crash the verifier.
But don’t worry, it’s ‘Open Source! Which in @adobe.com novlang means locked down and proprietary.
Sadly, one of my forgery managed to crash the verifier.
But don’t worry, it’s ‘Open Source! Which in @adobe.com novlang means locked down and proprietary.
December 10, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The IPTC "Origin Verify" ( @adobe.com C2PA) verifier has returned, promising trust for journalists.
Sadly, one of my forgery managed to crash the verifier.
But don’t worry, it’s ‘Open Source! Which in @adobe.com novlang means locked down and proprietary.
Sadly, one of my forgery managed to crash the verifier.
But don’t worry, it’s ‘Open Source! Which in @adobe.com novlang means locked down and proprietary.
To make the LinkedIn’s slop look even sloppier, Microsoft’s PR squad proudly upscales their blurry JPEGs through ChatGPT and then brag about transparency in the name of C2PA.
December 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
To make the LinkedIn’s slop look even sloppier, Microsoft’s PR squad proudly upscales their blurry JPEGs through ChatGPT and then brag about transparency in the name of C2PA.
Google’s AI image verification is downright terrifying. Shutting it down seems like the only option.
"This image is an authentic, historical photograph and is *not AI-generated*."
blog.google/technology/a...
"This image is an authentic, historical photograph and is *not AI-generated*."
blog.google/technology/a...
November 20, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Google’s AI image verification is downright terrifying. Shutting it down seems like the only option.
"This image is an authentic, historical photograph and is *not AI-generated*."
blog.google/technology/a...
"This image is an authentic, historical photograph and is *not AI-generated*."
blog.google/technology/a...
Great! Google rolls out its shiny new AI image verification.
So let’s put it to the test with two genAI images: one from DALL·E 3, and one from the latest Nano Banana 3
The verdict? It fails spectacularly.
Worse: it ends up granting legitimacy to the very fakes it’s meant to expose.
So let’s put it to the test with two genAI images: one from DALL·E 3, and one from the latest Nano Banana 3
The verdict? It fails spectacularly.
Worse: it ends up granting legitimacy to the very fakes it’s meant to expose.
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Great! Google rolls out its shiny new AI image verification.
So let’s put it to the test with two genAI images: one from DALL·E 3, and one from the latest Nano Banana 3
The verdict? It fails spectacularly.
Worse: it ends up granting legitimacy to the very fakes it’s meant to expose.
So let’s put it to the test with two genAI images: one from DALL·E 3, and one from the latest Nano Banana 3
The verdict? It fails spectacularly.
Worse: it ends up granting legitimacy to the very fakes it’s meant to expose.
It was inevitable.
Google made some attempts with the Pixel 10, but Vivo has become the first to certify as 'authentic' an image entirely reconstructed by AI.
With that, C2PA can no longer be considered a reliable proof of authenticity.
Google made some attempts with the Pixel 10, but Vivo has become the first to certify as 'authentic' an image entirely reconstructed by AI.
With that, C2PA can no longer be considered a reliable proof of authenticity.
November 18, 2025 at 9:03 PM
It was inevitable.
Google made some attempts with the Pixel 10, but Vivo has become the first to certify as 'authentic' an image entirely reconstructed by AI.
With that, C2PA can no longer be considered a reliable proof of authenticity.
Google made some attempts with the Pixel 10, but Vivo has become the first to certify as 'authentic' an image entirely reconstructed by AI.
With that, C2PA can no longer be considered a reliable proof of authenticity.
Vivo has quietly begun embedding C2PA into photos captured by the camera of its latest flagship, the vivo X300 Pro. However, the C2PAs are not recognized by the official "open-source" online Verifier and c2patool.
- both abandontained by @adobe.com @contentauth.bsky.social
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- both abandontained by @adobe.com @contentauth.bsky.social
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November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Vivo has quietly begun embedding C2PA into photos captured by the camera of its latest flagship, the vivo X300 Pro. However, the C2PAs are not recognized by the official "open-source" online Verifier and c2patool.
- both abandontained by @adobe.com @contentauth.bsky.social
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- both abandontained by @adobe.com @contentauth.bsky.social
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Confirmed! 😀
alphauniverse.com/stories/sony...
alphauniverse.com/stories/sony...
November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Confirmed! 😀
alphauniverse.com/stories/sony...
alphauniverse.com/stories/sony...
#C2PA "verifiers" update!
- The IPTC "Origin Verify" has been spinning its wheel for almost a month now.
- The @truepic.bsky.social one resolves a 404 error.
- The @Microsoft "Content Integrity" has a SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN
#Abandonware
- The IPTC "Origin Verify" has been spinning its wheel for almost a month now.
- The @truepic.bsky.social one resolves a 404 error.
- The @Microsoft "Content Integrity" has a SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN
#Abandonware
November 6, 2025 at 7:42 AM
#C2PA "verifiers" update!
- The IPTC "Origin Verify" has been spinning its wheel for almost a month now.
- The @truepic.bsky.social one resolves a 404 error.
- The @Microsoft "Content Integrity" has a SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN
#Abandonware
- The IPTC "Origin Verify" has been spinning its wheel for almost a month now.
- The @truepic.bsky.social one resolves a 404 error.
- The @Microsoft "Content Integrity" has a SSL_ERROR_BAD_CERT_DOMAIN
#Abandonware
That's incredible! Not only Linkedin is almost 100% AI slop, but it's certified, thanks to the #C2PA ministry of slop!
Sadly @LinkedIn is not on the C2PA Conforming Products List, and it still happily strip the "Content Credentials" from the video stream.
Sadly @LinkedIn is not on the C2PA Conforming Products List, and it still happily strip the "Content Credentials" from the video stream.
October 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
That's incredible! Not only Linkedin is almost 100% AI slop, but it's certified, thanks to the #C2PA ministry of slop!
Sadly @LinkedIn is not on the C2PA Conforming Products List, and it still happily strip the "Content Credentials" from the video stream.
Sadly @LinkedIn is not on the C2PA Conforming Products List, and it still happily strip the "Content Credentials" from the video stream.
The @adobe.com @contentauth.bsky.social has launched a new ad campaign targeting artists for the #C2PA "Adobe Content Authenticity" abandonware. With a 30 min(!) weird merchandising "podcast" and the usual Instagram vertical reel.
As always, the "durable attribution" is one click away of deletion.
As always, the "durable attribution" is one click away of deletion.
October 28, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The @adobe.com @contentauth.bsky.social has launched a new ad campaign targeting artists for the #C2PA "Adobe Content Authenticity" abandonware. With a 30 min(!) weird merchandising "podcast" and the usual Instagram vertical reel.
As always, the "durable attribution" is one click away of deletion.
As always, the "durable attribution" is one click away of deletion.
"And OpenAI’s position at C2PA seems hypocritical given that, as it’s creating a tool that actively promotes deepfakes of real people"
Who could’ve guessed? The #C2PA "solution" pushed by the AI industry to calm regulators over AI risks is a scam.
www.theverge.com/report/80635...
Who could’ve guessed? The #C2PA "solution" pushed by the AI industry to calm regulators over AI risks is a scam.
www.theverge.com/report/80635...
October 27, 2025 at 4:21 PM
"And OpenAI’s position at C2PA seems hypocritical given that, as it’s creating a tool that actively promotes deepfakes of real people"
Who could’ve guessed? The #C2PA "solution" pushed by the AI industry to calm regulators over AI risks is a scam.
www.theverge.com/report/80635...
Who could’ve guessed? The #C2PA "solution" pushed by the AI industry to calm regulators over AI risks is a scam.
www.theverge.com/report/80635...