AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · 7h ago6/10
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Authenticity Debt and the Synthetic Content Threat Landscape: A Layered Framework for Trust, Provenance, and IP Governance in the Generative AI Era
A research paper proposes a layered framework addressing 'authenticity debt'—the institutional liability from deploying AI-generated content without verifiable provenance or accountability. The authors argue that existing technical controls like digital watermarking and detection tools are insufficient alone, advocating for integrated cryptographic provenance, human verification, and governance infrastructure aligned with regulatory standards.