AI editing tools can now paint damage onto an intact object or stage an accident scene. Claim photos need checking for when and with what they were taken, and for where they were changed.
An original received through a claims app or email keeps grounds such as the capture device, time and compression history. A copy received through a messenger has lost most of this, and much less can be checked.
The alteration axis tells re-encoding, partial edits and screenshots apart and, for images, shows suspect regions as a heatmap. If only the damaged area shows a different compression history, that region is marked for the adjuster to look at.
Edits that erase or replace objects with the latest generative fill were rarely caught even in our own measurement. Do not read the absence of edit signs as a guarantee that nothing was changed.
Keeping the report's hash and ledger in the claim file makes it possible to reproduce which file was checked and what was found. The result supplements, and does not replace, site inspection and other documents.
This is general guidance, not legal advice. A scan result is a probabilistic assessment, not proof.