Synthetic Media

Synthetic Media in the Information Battlespace: Scalable Evaluation for Detection, Attribution, and Characterization Analytics

Abstract:

As synthetic media becomes weaponized in influence operations and cognitive warfare, the ability to assess the authenticity and intent of multimodal information is essential to sustaining information integrity and decision advantage. This paper introduces a scalable multimodal evaluation framework for assessing analytics that detect, attribute, and characterize synthetic and manipulated media across text, image, audio, and video. Drawing on insights from the DARPA Semantic Forensics (SemaFor) program, the authors report results across 111 evaluation tasks and identify strengths and vulnerabilities in analytic performance. Findings highlight the need for explainable, context-aware analytic frameworks that support cognitive security and operational decision making.

Published In

Volume 25, Issue 2

Beyond Deepfakes: Synthetic Moving Images and the Future of History

Abstract:

This paper investigates the role of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools in the production of synthetic moving images—specifically, how these images could be used in online disinformation campaigns and could profoundly affect historical footage archives. AI-manipulated content, especially moving images, will have an impact far beyond the current information warfare (IW) environment and will bleed into the unconsidered terrain of visual historical archives with unknown consequences. The paper will also consider IW scenarios in which new types of long-term disinformation campaigns may emerge and will conclude with potential verification and containment strategies.

Published In

Volume 23, Issue 1

Written By

Williams Cole

Journal of Information Warfare

The definitive publication for the best and latest research and analysis on information warfare, information operations, and cyber crime. Available in traditional hard copy or online.

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