PremiumEditorialEditorialNZ Herald26 Jun, 2026 05:00 PM4 mins to readIn the age of advances in AI and deepfakes, digital forensics expert Hany Farid no longer trusts his eyes. In the past six months, he has been struggling to prove what’s real before the internet decides for itself. Photo / Erin Schaff / The New York TimesSeeing is believing, many used to believe.However, as we’re becoming increasingly aware in this age of artificial intelligence, reality is becoming harder to distinguish from the crude wave of fake content being generated and flooding our feeds.
Artificial intelligence (AI) has its place and, used with care, caution and
