Apple Brings Generative Photo Editing to iPhone With iOS 27

Apple is finally bringing powerful generative photo editing to iPhone users with iOS 27, featuring tools like Clean Up that now rival Google's Magic Editor through cloud-based processing. This represents a major shift for iPhone, which has lagged in native AI photo editing capabilities, bringing flagship generative tools directly to the native photos app. As these AI editing tools become mainstream, the industry faces a fundamental question: what does authenticity mean in an era when anyone can seamlessly alter photos?