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Sam Altman is right and wrong about the future of photos

Allison Johnson

created: Aug. 12, 2025, 12:30 p.m. | updated: Aug. 12, 2025, 3:58 p.m.

In a recent interview, journalist Cleo Abram asked Altman how people will be able to tell what’s real and what’s not in an age of convincing AI-generated content. How will we know what’s real? Invoking phone camera processing as an example of an acceptable un-reality is annoying, but I think Altman is generally right. If social media becomes awash with cute but unreal videos, I don’t think I’m going to stop caring and just enjoy them. I think I’m going to stop enjoying that social media app.

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