
The Mirror and the Mask: AI in Synthetic Media and Content Authenticity
Content authenticity requires provenance, watermarking, forensics, source and identity checks, context, and incident response—not a universal detector.
Engineering, infrastructure, and emerging AI systems

Content authenticity requires provenance, watermarking, forensics, source and identity checks, context, and incident response—not a universal detector.

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A traceable approach to fossil segmentation, reconstruction, biomechanics, and classification that keeps specimens, assumptions, and alternatives visible.