The Pixel 9's AI features have made creating realistic and believable fake photos trivial, and Google's safeguards are astonishingly anemic (Sarah Jeong/The Verge)

Sarah Jeong / The Verge:
The Pixel 9's AI features have made creating realistic and believable fake photos trivial, and Google's safeguards are astonishingly anemic  —  Our basic assumptions about photos capturing reality are about to go up in smoke.  —  Photography by Chris Welch / The Verge; AI-altered images made with Google's Magic Editor.