When someone uploads an image to your application, it might look perfectly fine at first glance. It might open correctly, pass file validation, and avoid triggering any obvious red flags. But that still doesn’t necessarily mean the file is trustworthy.In modern systems, especially marketplaces, identity verification flows, insurance submissions, academic portals, and editorial pipelines, how an image was created can matter just as much as what that image shows. A synthetic, AI-generated image can be technically valid and "safe" while still being completely inappropriate for the context in which it’s used.