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Team Tartan Rescue’s CHIMP (CMU Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform) robot uses a hand-held power tool during the cutting task of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge at the Fairplex June 6, 2015 in Pomona, California.
Team Tartan Rescue’s CHIMP (CMU Highly Intelligent Mobile Platform) robot uses a hand-held power tool during the cutting task of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Robotics Challenge at the Fairplex June 6, 2015 in Pomona, California. Photo: Chip Somodevilla (Getty Images)

DARPA, the US military’s no-holds-bar research and development division, has had a program investigating ways to detect synthetic materials since at least 2019. DARPA’s Semantic Forensic(SemaFor) program is focused on creating “semantic and statistical analysis algorithms” capable of defending against manipulated images to prevent the spread of disinformation. The program is also developing attribution algorithms to determine the origin of a faked image and try to suss out whether it was developed for benign purposes or potentially part of harmful disinformation attacks.

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