DARPA Tackles Deepfakes: New Initiatives, Commercialization Push, and the Evolving Battle for Digital Truth (2026 Update)

Introduction: Deepfakes Move from Novelty to National Security Threat Deepfakes have shifted rapidly from internet curiosities to a strategic challenge with implications for politics, intelligence, defense, finance, and public trust. AI-generated audio, video, imagery, and text can now imitate real people with enough realism to deceive officials, manipulate markets, damage reputations, or trigger geopolitical crises….

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