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FILED BY ADEQUATE · DARPA-HRO-11-C-0031
Axios · TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 2026
AI Deepfakes Have Entered the 2026 Election Cycle. Voters Have Also Entered the Election Cycle.
ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT
The synthetic content is indistinguishable from recorded content by the metric used to assess distinguishability. That metric was developed before the synthetic content existed. This was predicted in the report. The report was not read.
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