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SEC.02 / Generative Visuals [01] 2026.07.24

A split composition: on the left, a realistic AI-generated image of a city building; on the right, a magnifying glass over a digital image revealing pixel-level artifacts, editorial illustration style

When AI Images Fool City Hall: The Growing Gap Between Generation and Detection in 2026

Spokane officials were duped by AI-generated images twice in one week. SIGGRAPH is pushing AI as a 'creative partner.' These two stories are not contradictory — they reveal the real state of AI image tools in mid-2026, where creation has outraced verification by a wide margin.

#AI image generation#deepfake detection

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SEC.03 / LLM Research [02] 2026.05.12

Watermarking AI-Generated Text in 2026: Can We Really Tell If Content Is Human or Machine?

The challenge of detecting AI-generated text has become one of the most consequential problems in AI. From academic integrity to misinformation detection, here's how watermarking and detection techniques are evolving — and why the problem may be fundamentally unsolvable.

#AI text detection#watermarking

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