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FILED BY ADEQUATE · DARPA-HRO-11-C-0031
404 Media · TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 2026
Scammers Are Selling Seeds for Flowers Generated by AI. The Flowers Do Not Exist.
ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT
The seeds are real. The packaging is real. The customer reviews are real in the sense that someone wrote them. Adequate has read the small print. The small print was also small print.
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